Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER National Senior Fraud Awareness Day 2022 Isolated Seniors At Greatest Risk Steps For Protecting Seniors Each year, millions of elderly Americans fall victim to some type of financial elder abuse, and the results can be devastating. In response to the rise in financial elder abuse of older Americans, the U.S. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Were All Patients Of Same In-Home Caregiver Attempt To Steal $60,000 For Dental Work Asks Associate To Use Victim Credit Card To Post Bail All seniors are at risk of financial elder abuse, whether living at home or in a nursing home or memory care or assisted […]

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 $87,000 In Cash In Attic Filing Cabinet Missing Jewelry Pawned By Caregiver Caregiver In Home For Six Months Cash, jewelry, checks, and other valuables can vanish whenever a stranger enters an elderly person’s home.  The risk is particularly high if the stranger, like a caregiver, has access for […]

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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver And Assisting Relative Financially Exploited Senior Police Say More Than $171,000 Taken Victim’s Daughter First Detected Suspicious Checks Theft from a victim is over 65 is straight theft but is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property […]