ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks, and Caregivers The Danger of Checking Accounts in Easy Reach Preventing Caregiver Theft In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s cash, bank accounts, important papers and other valuables if you don’t take precautions to prevent such access. Greedy caregivers strike quickly and one of their schemes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Kickbacks For Use of Surgical Devices Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Kickbacks for medical referrals or the use of medical devices violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and, when the government is paying for the services, the False Claims Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b; 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Interest Rates On Fixed Annuities Plummeting  Do Not Be Rushed Into A Fixed Annuity Insurance agents are using the big Dow drop to push the “safety” of fixed annuities just as carriers slash interest rates on those products. It’s a no-win for consumers. Our lawyers recommend avoiding annuities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Do Something About Climate Change And Polluted Oceans Lower Your Carbon Footprint And Clean Up Our Beaches Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day. Our firm’s founder Ingrid M. Evans and all of us at Evans Law Firm, Inc. long to see the world embrace the revolutionary […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Voya Indexed Universal Life Insurance Products Voya’s Index Credit Accumulation Riders (ICAR) Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents clients who have suffered losses on annuities and certain types of life insurance, including equity indexed universal life insurance. Voya Financial, Inc., a financial conglomerate that targets retirement investments, issued indexed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fatal Caregiver Abuse Neglect of Bedridden Senior Results in Death Neglect is a form of elder abuse that can kill a bedridden senior quickly. In a recently reported case with which we were not involved, a bedridden senior died after allegedly being neglected by a caregiver for a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Individuals May Submit Reward Claims    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced in early March a $22.1 million verdict against a group of individuals and companies allegedly engaged in foreign currency exchange fraud. The CFTC complaint charged the defendants […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Residents at Risk Cases of Sexual Assaults and Rape Increase Dementia Patients Particularly at Risk Nursing home residents are at risk of harm from intentional abuse such as rape, sexual assault, battery, and intentional overmedication as well as negligent treatment and neglect. More and more incidents of sexual […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Do Income Riders Work? Are They Worth It? Our lawyers recommend you avoid annuities, especially if you’re a senior. Be particularly wary when an agent tries to sell you annuities with “enhanced” features like income riders. Income riders, often sold as “Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits” or “Guaranteed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Inappropriate Hospice Certifications Possible Fraud Four Former Employees Blow Whistle Healthcare fraud against the government includes kickbacks, false billing, upcoding, sales of unapproved drugs, illegal referrals and kickbacks, and inappropriate certifications for services like hospice care. Individuals can bring whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act (also known […]