ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complex Contracts With High Fees  Withdrawal Penalties For Getting Your Money Back Lack Of Transparency On Interest Crediting And Other Features Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities especially for seniors because these complex insurance policies carry high fees, lack transparency and are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Include Older Loved Ones In Your Holiday Plans Alone Time With Older Relatives And Friends Isolated Seniors Need Your Love Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year from all of us at Evans Law Firm!  We hope you spend as much time as you can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Couple Defrauded By In-Home Caregiver Forgeries And Other Crimes Unauthorized Online Transfers From Couple’s Bank Accounts Any senior is vulnerable to financial elder abuse.  The risk is much greater whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters an isolated senior’s home for any period of time. Caregiver […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Failed To Return Known Overpayments More Than 100 Medically Unnecessary Flights Alleged Whistleblower To Receive $190,000 Reward Every year, private citizens and businesses assist the government in recovering funds paid out by the government on fraudulently submitted claims for payments. Citizens help the government recover these funds […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Income Riders Are Costly Income Rider Benefits Are Rarely Realized Other Deferred Annuity Downsides For Older Consumers Life insurance agents often encourage older consumers to purchase lifetime “income riders” for deferred annuity contracts.  These “riders” are attachments to the policy and an annual additional fee is charged by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Listen to Evans Law Firm founder Ingrid M. Evans share her thoughts on how to protect your older loved ones from financial elder abuse.  Ingrid has over 25 years of experience as an elder abuse litigator fighting for seniors here in California. Ingrid is also admitted in New York […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolated Senior Victimized Financial Elder Abuse And Neglect Alleged Protecting Older Loved Ones All seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse but especially those who are isolated in their homes. Isolated seniors are particularly vulnerable to financial elder abuse when a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Applied Inaccurate Diagnostic Codes Former Vendor Blows Whistle Whistleblower To Receive $8.1 Million Reward In Fiscal Year 2022, private citizens and businesses helped the government recover $1.9 billion in cases of fraud against the government. The private citizens and businesses assisted the government in recovering these funds by bringing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Forms Of Elder Abuse<h1> How To Spot Neglect And Abuse 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 billion. (That number could in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Checks Forged On Senior’s Account Checking Account Overdrawn Unauthorized Card Charges Discovered 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 person a blank […]