Yearly Archives: 2023

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash Withdrawals From Senior’s Account Over $100,000 Withdrawn In A Year Protecting Older Loved Ones Some dishonest caregivers are very bold in the tactics they use to financially exploit older people, as the below case illustrates.  Other caregivers are more subtle in their financial abuse and the abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $35,000 Missing From Senior’s Account Caregiver Allegedly Defrauded Senior For Seven Months Falsified Time Records And Checks Alleged Most financial elder abuse by a dishonest caregiver or other person with access to a senior’s finances starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Statutory Definition The California Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act defines financial abuse of elder or dependent adults as follows: (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following: (1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Heightened Risk For Isolated Seniors Spotting Signs Of Financial Elder Abuse Remedies For Injured Seniors Financial elder abuse is an especially disastrous form of abuse of seniors, and millions of seniors are victims of financial elder abuse every year in this country.  Senior victims of financial elder abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Former Employees Blow Whistle On Alleged Fraud Alleged Overbilling For Oxygen Equipment Whistleblowers Will Share $5,655,000 Reward Civil lawsuits under the False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., may be brought by private citizens to recover money fraudulently obtained from the government by suppliers, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Avoid The Hype About Annuities Exiting Annuity Contracts Is Costly Policy Fees And Low Rates Of Return Life insurance agents often use market volatility as a selling point for deferred annuities for retirement income planning.  Be careful when you hear that pitch. Deferred annuities are long-term insurance contracts […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Workers In Unlicensed Facility Found Guilty Of Neglect Victims Reportedly Malnourished And Living In Filth Facility Lacked License, Staff, And Equipment Neglect of hospice patients is sadly an increasingly reported form of elder abuse and neglect.  Patients in hospice care are certified as suffering from terminal illness […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $2 Million Missing From Seniors’ Accounts Promises Of High Returns Enticed Older Investors Money Transferred To Advisor’s Personal Accounts Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents seniors themselves who are victims of financial elder abuse and the children or other family of deceased seniors who have been financially exploited.  Often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jury Verdict Against For-Profit Nursing Home Patient Developed Stage IV Pressure Wound Alleged Understaffing To Blame We write frequently about the risk of abuse of older persons by in-home caregivers and other strangers who enter older people’s homes.  But nursing home and assisted care facility residents are also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fixed And Fixed Indexed Annuities Are Complex Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Market volatility and market jitters are often talking points when life insurance agents propose the “safety” of fixed and fixed indexed annuities.  Don’t buy it, because that is not […]