Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft And Unauthorized Card Charges Alleged Suspects Are Elderly Woman’s Caregivers Property And Drugs Also Missing From Victim’s Home Anytime a stranger enters a senior’s home there is a risk of financial abuse or theft if cash, credit cards, checks or valuables are within reach.  Never, ever let […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $1 Million Missing From 94-Year-Old’s Trust Multiple Check Forgeries Alleged Unlicensed Caregiver Reportedly Had Prior Criminal Record While theft from any person is a crime, when the victim is over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Victim Evicted Because Rent Not Paid Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands The consequences of financial elder abuse on senior victims can be devastating.  Some elderly victims are driven to the brink of homelessness due to lack of funds to pay their rent.  There […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senior Victim Of Caregiver Fraud Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Senior’s Bills Unauthorized Card Charges And Overdrawn Account 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 […]

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 88-Year-Old Victim Of Alleged Fraud Forged Checks And Unauthorized Card Use Alleged May Be Additional Victims Of Same Suspect 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 can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is Rising Dramatically How To Protect Senior Loved Ones Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Financial abuse of older Americans has grown to epidemic proportions in the U.S.  Seniors at every economic level, rich or poor, married or single, male or female, straight or LGBTQIA+ are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraud On 94-Year-Old Victim Fraudulent Checks And Forgeries Protecting Older Loved Ones Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure is likely much, much higher as most financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Facility Residents’ Credit Cards Used One Victim’s Family Notices Suspicious Charges $16,000 In Unauthorized Charges Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or nursing home room, credit and debit cards and ATM cards, checks and entire check registers, accessible cash, and jewelry or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsified Timesheets And Excessive Payments Time Discrepancies Discovered By Family Protecting Seniors From Fraud California broadly defines what constitutes financial elder or dependent adult abuse: (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following: (1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, […]