Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Assisted Care Facility Residents Victimized Family Discovers Suspicious Charges Unauthorized Charges On Two Patients’ Cards Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or a senior’s room in an assisted care facility or nursing home, credit and debit cards and ATM cards, checks and entire […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Debit Card Use Alleged Two Years Of Alleged Fraud $30,000 Charged On 76-Year-Old’s Accounts Unauthorized use of credit and debit cards is a prevalent form of financial elder abuse of the elderly.  Dishonest caregivers and others who access a senior’s cards and PIN (or create a PIN […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse A Growing Epidemic in U.S. Spotting Signs Of Elder Abuse Of Loved Ones And Friends Call Counsel If You Suspect Abuse As many as 1 in 10 older adults is abused or neglected each year in the United States, and only 1 in 14 cases of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Noticed Suspicious Charges On Account Unauthorized Purchases Allegedly Include Caregiver Vacations Caregiver Charged With 30 Separate Felonies One of the most recurring forms of financial elder abuse is theft from seniors by dishonest caregivers working in a senior’s own home.  Betrayal of an elder’s trust by a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraudulent Debit Card Use Alleged Complaint Alleged Fraud for Over 18 Months 76-Year-Old Victim Of In-Home Caregiver’s Fraud One of the most common types of fraud against the elderly is stealing credit card information or actually using the physical card without permission.  Dishonest caregivers and others who physically access […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 94-Year-Old Victim Caregiver Falsified Checks Over $35,000 Missing In Just Seven Months Most financial elder abuse by a dishonest caregiver or other person with access to a senior’s finances starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Coerced Senior Into Large Cash Withdrawals Accompanied Senior To Bank To Withdraw Money  Caregiver Allegedly Deposited Money In Her Own Account Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest and greedy caregivers is one of the most pervasive forms of financial elder abuse.  Reports of caregiver fraud and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complaint Alleges Forgeries By Caregiver Fraudulent Checks Overdraw Account Debit Card Charges By Caregiver Without Permission 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Criminal Complaint Alleges Altered And Forged Checks Checks For Necessities Bounced For Insufficient Funds Unauthorized Use Of Debit Card Alleged We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to keep checks, ATM/Debit cards, and cash away from caregivers or other strangers who enter a senior’s home.  Nor […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Signs Of Power Of Attorney Abuse Never Give A Caregiver A Power Of Attorney Remedies For POA Abuse Among the most important estate planning tools for anyone are powers of attorney.  A power of attorney is a document authorizing one or more people (“agent(s)” or “attorney(s)-in-fact”)) to act […]