ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent victim of financial elder abuse claims that Bank of America did not question transactions when she withdrew money.  The senior citizen victim was allegedly scammed out of approximately $35,000.  Police are searching for a black woman in her 40’s who disappeared with the money.  California financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Many corporations have yet to realize that whistleblower retaliation is illegal.  Cases where whistleblowers have helped the government recoup money that was gotten as a result of fraud have been in the news recently.  However, some corporations have yet to understand their legal obligations with respect to whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California has some of the toughest laws in the United States when it comes to protecting senior citizens from financial elder abuse.  According to Sacramento financial elder abuse attorneys, financial elder abuse is becoming common. Financial elder abuse is theft.  Often, the theft comes from within the family […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that three whistleblowers have been rewarded with more than $25,000 for information they provided that assisted the Securities and Exchange Commission in stopping a fraudulent hedge fund.  The payment is the first installment of payments anticipated to go to the whistleblowers.  When […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – The Monterey County District Attorney recently announced that a 29 year-old Monterey area man has been sentenced to four years in prison.  The defendant was sentenced for financial elder abuse.  The defendant trolled for victims in California while posing as a licensed contractor.  Monterey […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A former employee of Tremco Roofing spent more than twenty years working for the company, but resigned in 2009 because he believed that the company was acting in an unethical manner.  After his allegations regarding the conduct of the company went unaddressed internally, he resigned and reported his […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – The Los Gatos police department recently took a report from an elderly victim of a sweepstakes scam.  The elderly victim was allegedly defrauded out of large sums of money by suspects whose identities are unknown at this time.  The elderly victim reported being defrauded […]

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A crucial question about whistleblower protections is whether or not complaints must be lodged with the Securities and Exchange Commission to qualify.  Large corporations think that complaints should be required to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order for whistleblowers to be protected. In the past, large […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A financial adviser based in the Salinas area was recently accused of financial elder abuse.  According to the Monterey County district attorney’s office, the defendant was charged with one count of felony financial elder abuse.  The defendant in this case operates a business assisting people with the management […]