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Category: Caregiver Fraud

Sonoma County Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Theft Of Benefits From The Elderly

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft Of Benefits A Major Form Of Financial Elder Abuse  Tracking Where A Senior’s Benefits Are Deposited Online Access By Caregivers One particularly devastating forms of financial elder abuse is when an individual, like a dishonest caregiver, redirects the Social Security, pension or other benefits of a senior […]

San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Home Health Care Provider Is Sentenced For Stealing More Than $1 Million From Two Elderly Clients

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Overbilling And Double-Billing  Billing For Services Never Provided Unauthorized Purchases Many of the reported cases of financial elder abuse of seniors that we discuss here occur at the hands of in-home caregivers.  A recently reported case by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) illustrates how agencies employing […]

San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Caregiver Charged With Stealing $91,000 From 79-Year-Old Victim

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 29 Allegedly Forged Or Altered Checks Theft Took Place Over One-Year Period  Family Sues Caregiver In Civil Suit One common form of financial elder abuse occurs when caregivers or others forge or alter checks on a senior’s account.  Sometimes, the dishonest caregiver takes an entire book of checks […]

Santa Clara County Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Caregiver And Her Partner Charged With Stealing $130,000 From Blind Elderly Woman With Dementia

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Coached Victim To Call For Withdrawal Out Of State Family Members Alerted Authorities  Fraudulent Power Of Attorney Dishonest caregivers can be relentless in their efforts to steal from the elderly.  A recent case, discussed below, illustrates just how persistent a caregiver can be in taking a senior’s […]

San Mateo County Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Caregiver Charged With Stealing Thousands From Unsuspecting Elderly Woman

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Altered Checks And Forgeries Relatives Report Bounced Checks For Insufficient Funds Unapproved Charges Appear On Debit Card We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to keep checks and cash away from caregivers or other strangers who enter a senior’s home.  Nor can we stress […]

Santa Clara County Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Woman Charged With Stealing Nearly $600,000 From 99-Year-Old Victim

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect “Helped” 99-Year-Old Victim Run Errands Investigation Discovers Wire Transfers Of $582,647 Money Spent Paying Off Mortgage, A New Car And Vacations  We often write that seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse from various persons – caregivers, second spouses, girlfriends or boyfriends or other “new” friends, […]

San Francisco Bay Area Financial Elder Abuse Attorneys: Why A Financial Power Of Attorney Is A Dangerous Document

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complete Authority Over Principal’s Finances And Property Potential For Abuse Remedies For Injured Principals The most dangerous estate planning document which an individual may have is a financial Power of Attorney (POA). See Cal. Prob. Code §§ 4401 (statutory form for financial POA). The POA allows another person – […]

San Mateo County Financial Elder Abuse Attorneys: Caregiver Charges With Stealing Hundreds Of Thousands By Using Power Of Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misuse Of Elderly Man’s Power Of Attorney Forensic Accounting Reveals Hundreds Of Thousands Missing Additional Allegations Of Credit Card Use And Obtaining Loans Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health […]

San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Older LGBTQ Adults May Be More Vulnerable To Financial Elder Abuse And Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation And Economic Insecurity  History Of Discrimination Consumers lost more than $5.8 billion to financial elder abuse and fraud last year, up 70 percent from 2020, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  While anyone of any age can be victimized by financial abuse, some groups may be […]

San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse Attorney: Undue Influence, New Wills, And Financial Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wills And Competence Issues Undue Influence Over Elderly Will Contests Financial exploitation of older persons stretches from theft of cash, jewelry and checks froma senior’s home all the way to elaborate estate planning schemes arranged near the end of a senior’s life meant to enrich one or two […]

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