Problems with Variable Annuities Are Variable Annuities Right for You? Retirement planning discussions these days often touch on annuities. Whether it’s a salesman’s pitch or a co-worker’s tip, you’ve likely heard of variable annuities. For decades, variable annuities were the darling of those who peddled retirement plans. No portfolio was […]

Financial Elder Abuse Goes Beyond Bank Accounts The Reach of Financial Elder Abuse. Seniors are not the only victims when financial elder abuse strikes. A recent look at the epidemic of elder abuse indicates that the more we study the painful truth of financial elder abuse, the more we learn […]

Self-Dealing Lawsuits Mount Against JP Morgan, Price, and Others Fiduciary Self-Dealing Injures Employee/Plan Participants Now, another participant in the JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan has sued plan executives alleging that the plan favored JP Morgan investments over less-expensive investment options. That self-dealing, the complaint alleges, violates fiduciary duties under the […]

Broad Interpretation of Whistleblower Laws Should Favor Whistleblowers Whistleblowing Whistleblowing has been attracting media attention lately, and for good reason. Individuals are coming forward with important information regarding large corporations breaking regulations. In some cases, these individual employees are terminated, opening a whole new can of worms. Yet, a new […]

A Pill That Is Tough To Stomach: Healthcare Fraud Health Care Fraud In a recent year, the country spent $2.27 trillion on healthcare. In that same year, more than four billion health care claims were filed to insurance companies, some of which were, as expected, fraudulent. And while the sheer […]

Caregiver Abuse Rising As Boomers Become Seniors Caregiving With our largest generation of individuals now reaching the age of “senior,” elderly care will become a very important professional niche. Currently there are somewhere around 44 million individuals assisting and/or giving care to a senior today. And that number will grow […]

Nursing Home Abuse Can Come From Unlikely Sources Nursing Home Abuse When we think of nursing home abuse, we often think of abuse by nurses, staff members, or individuals of the like. However, new studies are exploring the prevalence of abuse of residents by other residents, and the numbers may […]

IRS Whistleblowing on Abusive Offshore Schemes Awards for Helping the IRS Catch Tax Cheats The highest whistleblower award in US history was paid to an individual with original information of a massive offshore tax fraud. A former employee of the Swiss bank UBS received $104 million for unveiling the bank’s […]

Friends Or Foes: Studies In Financial Elder Abuse May Show Fluidity Financial Elder Abuse Studies are showing that just around 1 in 5 elders from San Francisco County and beyond are losing funds due to financial elder abuse, a crime that is seemingly running rampant across the country. One recent […]

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Online Help The SEC wants to help the individual investor. Really. In fact, for years the SEC has had an enormous investor outreach initiative to educate and protect folks from fraud. There’s a macro interest: educated investors stabilize markets; they are less prone to unwarranted […]