Category: Caregiver Fraud

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 Redirected Social Security Benefits Unauthorized Online Access Protecting Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to […]

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 Broad Authority Over All Financial Matters Risk Of Theft Remedies For Injured Seniors Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  There are powers of attorney […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Use Of Credit Card Security Camera Recordings Capture Use Of Victim’s Card Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to checks, cash, credit cards, ATM cards and PINs or any confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $82,000 In Jewelry Allegedly Stolen In First Month On Job Video Footage From Pawn Shop Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud Whenever a stranger enters a senior’s home, there is a chance that valuables may go missing.  If the stranger is there for a substantial amount of time, as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Example of Caregiver Fraud On The Elderly Theft Of Retirement Benefits How To Prevent Financial Elder Abuse Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a risk that they will use that information to take as much money from the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Victim Evicted For Unpaid Rent Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Should Consider Civil Suits Importance of Civil Cases Remedies For Injured Seniors Victims of financial elder abuse should not look solely to local law enforcement for redress from their financial abusers.  While reporting any form of elder abuse to the authorities is important, victims and their families […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 225,000 Reported Cases Of  Elder Abuse Annually In California Estimated That Only 1 In 40 Cases Reported Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse Elder abuse—especially financial exploitation—continues to affect thousands of seniors each year, often going unreported and committed by both strangers and trusted individuals. According to the […]