Yearly Archives: 2021

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Made Withdrawals With Senior’s ATM Card Stolen Money Sent Out Of United States Another Caregiver Alerts Police Forced isolation of seniors here in Alameda County as a result of the coronavirus has increased senior and dependent vulnerability to abuse from all directions and separated seniors from […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Reality Of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Largescale Fraud On The Medicare System Legal Redress For Fraud And Abuse  Long-term care of the elderly is a massive industry feeding off the accumulated savings of older Americans, Medicare and Medicaid, and private insurance coverage. The elder care industry […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Alleges $143 Million In Bitcoin Fraud British Trader Collected 22 Million In Bitcoin From 169 U.S. Customers Victims Lost All Their Bitcoin As A Result of Scheme The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices trading in virtual currencies also referred to as digital currency or digital […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Prescription Drug Overcharges Illegal Kickbacks Alleged Too Federally-Funded Military Personnel Program Defrauded Healthcare fraud is the largest form of fraud against the federal government primarily against Medicare, Medicaid, VA health programs and health programs covering current government employees and military personnel. Various kinds of health care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Buffer Annuities Are A Type of Variable Annuity Similarities To Indexed Annuities Caps And Participation Rates Limit Returns All deferred annuities are complex insurance products, and we recommend against them for senior consumers particularly.  Deferred annuities are sold by agents in three general categories: fixed, indexed, and variable.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Biden Administration Makes FCA Enforcement A Priority Focusing On Six Major Areas of Fraud Fraud Against Elders A Priority The Biden Administration is expected to devote significant resources to prosecuting fraud.  This includes fraud against the federal government (in programs like Medicare and Medicaid and other federal aid […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER More Than 6300 Reports Of Elder Abuse In 2020 Financial Elder Abuse Cases Up Dramatically  FBI Reports Record Numbers of Elder Abuse Cases Too Incidents of elder and dependent adult abuse have been climbing in Santa Clara County since 2013, but the biggest spike occurred last year while […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers Are Effective Enforcement Tools Record Awards False Claims Act Cases Take A long Time A whistleblower is someone who shares credible information about financial fraud, criminal activity, unsafe working conditions, false claims for payment, false certifications, or other improper conduct with a government agency.  Whistleblower cases are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Forgery And Access To Accounts Nursing Home Administrator Allegedly Wrote Resident Checks To Herself Warning Signs Of Financial Exploitation Families of nursing home residents are generally aware of the dangers of neglect, abandonment or physical abuse that institutionalized elders face. Families of older persons are also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Unlawful Use Of Debit Card  Another Caregiver Reports Suspicions To Police Unauthorized Purchases On Dependent Adult’s Card The pandemic has greatly increased reported incidents of financial elder or dependent adult abuse here in Contra Costa County and throughout California.   Forced isolation as a result of the […]