Yearly Archives: 2020

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Agents Target Seniors For Unsuitable Insurance Or Investments Beware The Hype And Get A Second Opinion “Free lunch” investment seminars may be on hold right now during the pandemic but insurance agents still have products to sell, some of which may be unsuitable for seniors. Our financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Targets Offshore Tax Avoidance And Other Tax Evasion Schemes Billions Lost Every Year To Tax Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assistance Over the past several years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has targeted offshore tax avoidance as perhaps the largest drain year after year on tax revenue. Corporations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Financial Abusers Target Older Investors Protecting Your Loved Ones Elderly men and women are vulnerable to financial elder abuse from multiple directions – including from their trusted financial advisors. Or the abuser may be an insurance agent selling an expensive and unsuitable insurance product, a caregiver stealing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes Even Participating Insiders Can Be Rewarded The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in commodities like gold or other precious metal trading. On July […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers And Financial Elder Abuse Isolated Seniors At Greatest Risk Seniors Captive In Their Own Home Caregiver fraud on the elderly is a very real, and growing, danger. The Alameda County and California elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent seniors victimized by abusive caregivers and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jewelry, Cash, Checks, and Personal Information Increased Isolation During Pandemic Puts Seniors At Greater Risk Preventing Caregiver Theft Social isolation of seniors during the pandemic, intended to protect them from coronavirus, has at the same time increased their vulnerability to financial elder abuse. Greedy caregivers use the heightened […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California False Claims Act Rewards Whistleblowers Protections From Employer Retaliation Whistleblowers who blow the whistle on fraud against the State of California are entitled to rewards when the State recovers funds. Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(g). California law also protects those individuals from employer retaliation. Cal. Gov’t Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Former Employees Blow Whistle On Alleged Overbilling Allegations Of Unnecessary Treatment Paid For By Medicare Whistleblowers To Share $3 Million Award Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims for reimbursements […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Betraying Seniors’ Trust Financial Elder Abuse Can Strike Any Senior Advisor Accesses Client Funds Financial advisors, caregivers, insurance agents, retirement planners, stock brokers, trustees, persons with Powers of Attorney and even court-appointed conservators can all financially exploit seniors. Sometimes, it’s outright theft, but more subtle financial maneuvers like […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Congress Considering More Protections For Seniors Social Isolation And Financial Pressures Of COVID-19 More Federal Funding For Local Support Programs Needed The ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic on the elderly confined in nursing homes has brought new attention to the level of care in America’s nursing homes. Congressional […]