Category: California Financial Elder Abuse Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Sentenced For Stealing From Multiple Elderly Victims Forged Checks And Stolen Credit Cards Accused Of Stealing From Facility And In-Home Patients Financial elder abuse is a risk for seniors whether they live in a care facility or in their own homes under the care of an in-home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Get References When Hiring In-Home Caregivers Use A Bonded Agency And Ask Questions Warning Signs Of Caregiver Fraud Whenever a stranger enters an isolated senior’s home there is a very real risk of financial elder abuse.  This is especially true when the stranger is a caregiver, who may […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Used ATM Card Repeatedly Accused of Forging 24 Checks Totaling $137,000 Another Caregiver Helped Victim Discover Theft Elders and dependent adults are often unable to protect themselves from financial elder or dependent adult abuse and theft by unscrupulous caregivers in their home or in their room in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Credit Card Use Captures On Camera Resident Checkbooks Found At Caregiver’s Home Facility Reported Suspicious Activity When the victim of any theft is over 65 that theft also constitutes criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  Penal Code § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Craigslist Caregiver Allegedly Stole From 89-Year-Old Unauthorized Checks And ATM Withdrawals Allegations of Financial And Physical Abuse References and background checks of persons hired as in-home caregivers are essential steps when a senior needs in-home care.  The risks of what can go wrong when a total stranger enters […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Redirected Annuity Payments $120,000 In Unauthorized Withdrawals Two-Year Sentence And Restitution Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs and a medical power of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) grants authority over all medical decisions and health […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Trustee Standard Of Duty Demands For Information And Accounting Removal And Enhanced Remedies  Trusts are used by many people, especially seniors and dependent adults, as important tools for managing and protecting assets and estate planning following death.  Sometimes the individual creating the trust (known as the settlor) serves […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Altered Checks Discovered By Victim’s Daughter  Allegedly Stole Over Two-Year Period Deposited Altered Checks Into Her Own Account Given the potential for abuse, a licensed and bonded professional fiduciary is probably the optimal choice when a senior or dependent adult needs help with checking writing and bill paying […]

Lawdragon recently recognized San Francisco Financial Fraud and Elder Abuse attorney Ingrid M. Evans of Evans Law Firm, Inc. as one of their 2022 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in the United States. This list features the top 500 lawyers nationwide that represent plaintiffs individually or through class actions in consumer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indexed Annuities Are Complex Insurance Policies Indexed Annuities Are Not Direct Fund Investments Surrender Charges, Fees And Return Calculations Indexed annuities are a particularly complicated variety of deferred annuities.  Despite the tile of this product and the various “funds” or “buckets” you may be offered to allocate your […]