Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Multiple Unauthorized Credit Card Charges Alleged 71-Year-Old Bedridden Victim Caregiver And Husband Accused Of Spending Spree With Victim’s Cards Unscrupulous caregivers strike quickly if they can access cash, checks, ATM cards, credit cards, and jewelry.  Whether caregiver theft or fraud is a one-time act or a sequence of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senior Victim Notices Suspicious Charges Allegedly Unauthorized Purchases Include Vacations 30 Felonies Of Unauthorized Credit Card Use Seniors are at risk of financial elder abuse from many different directions but sadly one of the most recurring is abuse by dishonest caregivers working in a senior’s own home.  Betrayal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Four Years Of Dependent Financial Abuse Alleged Allegations Of Insurance Fraud Prison Sentence And Restitution All seniors are potential victims to financial predators, including bookkeepers, insurance agents and other salespeople, bankers, trustees, conservators, financial advisors, brokers, caregivers, contractors, second spouses, stepchildren, girlfriends or boyfriends and anyone who holds […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Assisted Care Facility Residents Victimized Suspicious Charges Discovered By Family Of One Victim Close To $16,000 In Unauthorized Charges Unauthorized debit and credit card charges are a common form of financial elder abuse.  Dishonest caregivers can strike quickly when they get their hands on a card and run […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 19 Unauthorized Uses Of Debit Card On A Single Day Son Alerts Home Care Agency Of Suspicious Transactions Civil Remedies Available To Victims And Families As a recent case discussed below illustrates, the unauthorized use of credit or debit cards of elderly persons is a common form of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Credit Card Theft Elderly Victim Suffered From Cerebral Palsy Cards Allegedly Used At Multiple Stores Whenever a stranger or caregiver enters an elder or dependent adult’s home, there is a risk of theft.  Every time, however brief.  Older persons or dependent adults are really not in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Years Of Fraudulent Checks Alleged Unlicensed Caregiver Had Prior Criminal History Apprehended Trying To Cash Check After Victim Died Older victims lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. As many as one in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Online Bank Transfers Victim Abandoned For Hours Victim Found Wandering In Road No one should ever let a stranger in their home.  Particularly if you are an older person living alone.  A dishonest stranger posing as a caregiver can rapidly take advantage of an isolated senior.  When a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Importance Of Background Check Keep Credit Cards And Confidential Information Secure Monitor Accounts Daily Based on years of financial elder abuse litigation experience at Evans Law Firm, Inc., we know that the risk of financial elder abuse of seniors by their in-home caregivers is all too real.  We […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Multiple Elderly Victims Caregiver Accused Of Forgeries And Theft Nursing Facility And In-Home Patients Victimized 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 caregiver.  Some unscrupulous caregivers prey on multiple […]