ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authorities Allege Agent Stole $270,000 From Elder Client Agent Allegedly Used Power of Attorney to Embezzle Agent Accused Of Writing Checks To Himself Elderly persons, particularly those suffering from dementia, are vulnerable to financial elder abuse from caregivers, financial advisors, strangers, insurance agents and others.  Often the tool […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Desert Hot Springs Case Of Alleged Physical and Financial Elder Abuse Hospital Staff Reports Possible Neglect Case To Police Elder Abuse Increasing Throughout Riverside County Older persons under the care of in-home caregivers are increasingly vulnerable to abuse and neglect because in large part caregivers who do abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Six-Year Fraud Against Medicare And Other Government Programs Whistleblower Alleged Illegal Inducements And Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions Former Patient Advocate Blew The Whistle The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, prohibits offering, soliciting, or receiving any remuneration to induce referrals for medical services or procedures, including […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Churning and Unauthorized Trades In Elderly Clients’ Accounts FINRA Targets Financial Elder Abuse Large Arbitration Awards And Charges Seniors face financial elder abuse from a number of directions – caregivers, insurance agents, strangers, scammers, contractors, and financial advisors and stockbrokers to name but a few.  Caregiver theft is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Avoid The Hype On Fixed Indexed Annuities Complex Insurance Products With High Commissions And Fees Replacement Transactions Especially Risky And Costly COVID-19 has created serious uncertainty in markets and left many investors jittery about the country’s economic future and the performance of markets in the years ahead climbing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Fraudulent Postal Service Contracts By Former Employees of Airline Allegations of False Delivery Scans Employees Hid Actual Data From Government Federal government contracts are almost always subject to very specific requirements and regulations. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) contracts out domestic and international delivery services and those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dependent Adult Allegedly Left On Floor For Nine Days Caregiver Indicted For Second Degree Murder< Hospital Nursing Supervisor Alerted Police Too frequently, heartbreaking stories of dependent adult and elder abuse appear in the evening news and in the papers.  This past week, California newspapers and television stations reported […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Leaking Non-Public Information And Insider Trading  Special Access Employees May Not Disclose Non-Public Information CFTC Targets Unauthorized Disclosures As Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options and commodities markets in the U.S.   The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), Pub. L. […]