Yearly Archives: 2025

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Self-Dealing With Older People’s Property Case Examples Remedies For Injured Seniors 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 decisions and health care issues. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Theft Case Example Caregiver Allegedly Stole And Forged Checks Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse And Caregiver Fraud Stolen/forged checks off a senior’s account are a common type of fraud perpetrated on seniors by dishonest caregivers or other strangers with access to an elderly person’s checkbook.  Often, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stealing Pension And Social Security Benefits Dangers Of Online Access To Benefits Protecting Older Loved Ones Dishonest caregivers with internet access may gain access to a senior’s pension or Social Security benefit profiles with just a few pieces of important information like the senior’s date of birth and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Defrauded By Life Insurance Agents Case Examples Protecting Older Loved Ones Seniors may be victims of financial elder abuse from different directions – by caregivers, trustees, financial advisers, and life insurance agents, among others.  Obviously, all of these professions serve a useful purpose and the people who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Older Customers Targeted in Ponzi Scheme Severe Losses For Older Investors Warning Signs Of Investment Fraud Seniors are often targets of various kinds of investment fraud or securities fraud including Ponzi schemes, where money collected from new investors is used to pay existing investors, and there really is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft  86-Year-Old Victim Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud Never hand an ATM/debit card or credit card to a caregiver and ask them to go get cash or make purchases.  Never give out any PIN numbers. Never give a caregiver or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Thanksgiving Day 2025 Holiday Time With Older Loved Ones And Friends Importance Of Communications With Seniors All of us at Evans Law Firm, Inc. wish you a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Day 2025 whether you’re traveling or staying right at home. The Thanksgiving holiday is a busy […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Misuse of Powers of Attorney Case Example Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that grant full legal authority over a person’s financial affairs, unless the POA expressly limits the appointed agent’s power in some way.  The scope of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Unpaid Rent Leads To Eviction Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands While most financial elder abuse starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her theft.  Left undetected, financial elder abuse can go on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Prior Criminal History Alleged  Fraud Detected After Senior’s Death As many as one in 10 vulnerable adults are potential targets, according to federal officials, and their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons in close proximity to their victims according to FBI and National […]