ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Credit Card Use Victim’s Family Spots Suspicious Charges Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges are a common form of financial elder abuse.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or […]

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 Keeping Elderly Victims Overmedicated Part Of Financial Elder Abuse Plan Remedies For Injured Seniors Seniors may sometimes be the victims of financial abuse by persons close to them like a second spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend or stepchild.  The financial abuse can range from relatively small amounts of money […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER High Expenses And Fees Surrender Penalties Lock You In Deferred Annuities Are Not Insured Investments Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities for older consumers because these complex, expensive insurance policies may tie up a senior’s money for years and impose significant penalties […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Theft Of Pension And Social Security Benefits Alleged Benefit Profiles Changed Online Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Dishonest caregivers with unauthorized internet access may gain access to a senior’s pension or Social Security benefit profiles with just a few pieces of important information like […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Fraud On Elderly Woman Alleged Fraudulent Account Access Alleged Victim’s Family Spots Alleged Theft According to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics, as many as one in 10 seniors are victims of financial elder abuse.  Their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Of Caregiver Fraud Falsified Checks Alleged Over $35,000 Missing From Victim’s Account Access to credit cards and checks is a recurring source of financial elder abuse against seniors.  Dishonest caregivers or other strangers working in a senior’s home may grab checks or cards and use them […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Various Forms Of Elder Abuse Spotting Neglect And Abuse Of Older Loved Ones Protections And Remedies For Victims The National Council on Aging says up to five million older Americans are abused yearly, and the annual loss by victims of financial elder abuse is estimated to be at least $36.5 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers Of Attorney Grant Broad Authority Over All Financial Matters The Risk Of Financial Power Of Attorney Abuse Is Always There Examples Of Theft By Use Of Financial Powers Of Attorney Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under […]