ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complicated Deferred Annuities Unsuitable For Seniors Beware of High-Pressured Sales Tactics Like “Estate Planning Seminars” “Bonuses” Are Marketing Gimmicks Insurance companies offer sales commissions as high as 10 percent to insurance agents who sell products like long-term deferred annuities to senior citizens.  In our current economic environment, agents […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS And Courts Take Different Approaches One Court Says Rewards Not Taxable Individuals receive rewards when the government recovers from wrongdoers in actions (known as “qui tams”) brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. The San Diego whistleblower attorneys at Evans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Kickback By Drug Maker Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Allegedly Made Patient Copays Through Foundations Whistleblower Will Receive $3.96 Million Out Of $22 Million Settlement Health care providers including drug makers, hospitals, clinics, equipment suppliers, and physician groups are prohibited from paying kickbacks for certain medical referrals under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Nearly $100,000 Charges Include Financial Elder Abuse, Embezzlement and Forgery Couple’s Family Discovered Financial Irregularities Forced isolation of seniors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the nation’s severe economic downturn have led to a huge spike in financial elder abuse cases throughout […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation And Control Can Lead To Financial Abuse Caregivers, Strangers, Domestic Partners, Second Spouses Can All Be Predators Identifying Signs of Financial Abuse Elder abuse is often associated with behavior that displays outward signs – bruises from physical violence or insults and threats from verbal assaults, for example, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank and Lending Fraud The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 Reports of Bank Fraud May Entitle You To A Reward The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”), 12 U.S.C. § 1833a et seq., and Financial Institutions […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents At Growing Risk of Neglect and Abuse Watching for Signs of Neglect and Abuse How Elder Abuse Counsel Can Help Elder laws protect all seniors and their assets. This includes protection for seniors living in a nursing home facility. In these settings, there is always […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Radiology Practice Settles Allegations in False Claims Qui Tam Case Former Employee/Whistleblower Will Receive Share Of $5 Million Payment  Department of Justice Targets Health Care Fraud The government (and taxpayers) lose billions of dollars every year to fraud in the health care industry, primarily through fraudulent claims to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement of False Claims Act Case Against Medical Equipment Provider $40.5 Million Settlement of Allegations  Three Former Employee/Whistleblowers Rewarded Employees and former employees are most often the individuals who may have come across fraud against the government by their employers, particularly in the health care industry where the […]