ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Certified Nursing Assistant Sentenced Jury Trial Found Defendant Guilty Elder Abuse And Sexual Battery Findings Sexual assault is a crime and, when perpetrated on a senior or dependent adult, is an additional crime of elder/dependent adult abuse and grounds for civil liability for damages.  Penal Code § 368 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Actress Suffers From Dementia Allegations Of Using Romance To Take Advantage Victim Has Been Taken Advantage Of Before Seniors and persons of all ranks of life may be victims of financial elder abuse.  Abuse strikes across all genders and socioeconomic groups.  When celebrities are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Program How To File An IRS Whistleblower Claim Protection From Employer Retaliation Over the past year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made 179 award payments to individual citizens who blew the whistle on tax fraud.  These awards totaled $36,144,926. The awards paid to whistleblowers generally range […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Employee Initiates False Claims Act Action Manufacturer Allegedly Failed To Test And Falsifying Results Employee To Receive Reward Government contracts often include strict rules regarding product specifications which contractors are obligated to meet in order to qualify for payment.   Knowing failure to fulfill contractual obligations or falsely representing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Employee Initiates False Claims Act Action Manufacturer Allegedly Failed To Test And Falsifying Results Employee To Receive Reward  Government contracts often include strict rules regarding product specifications which contractors are obligated to meet in order to qualify for payment.   Knowing failure to fulfill contractual obligations or falsely representing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Another Caregiver For Victim Alerts Police Forced Withdrawal At ATM And Forged Checks Financial Elder Abuse, Larceny And Forgery Charges Financial exploitation of seniors can be subtle like online transfers of money in their account or online purchases with their credit card.  But financial exploitation can also be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Misappropriated $305,000 In Client Funds Client’s Checks Cashed But Never Invested Money Spent For Broker’s Own Benefit Seniors are vulnerable to financial elder abuse by any number of financial predators including those entrusted to invest their money like stock brokers, investments advisers and bankers.  Sometimes the financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In-Home Caregivers Arrested For Sexual Assault Two Re4cently Reported Cases Remedies For Victims And Families While statistics show that about.83% of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities, elderly and dependent persons under the care of in-home caregivers are also at risk […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authority Under Powers Of Attorney How Agents Abuse That Authority Remedies For Power Of Attorney Abuse Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Used Victim’s Money For Personal Expenses Two-Year Investigation Conducted By Authorities 18 Month Prison Term, 10-Years Probation And Restitution Residents of skilled nursing facilities and assisted care facilities are vulnerable to financial elder abuse just like those seniors who live in their homes under the care of […]