Category: Caregiver Fraud

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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks And Credit Cards Stolen From Patient Rooms Two Prior Convictions For Financial Elder Abuse Theft Estimated At $18,000 Any nursing home residents is at risk of financial elder abuse at the hands of any unscrupulous caregivers, staff, and employee in the business office.  The thefts may […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Stole Wife’s Jewelry Some Property Recovered At Pawn Shop Police Conduct Investigation It does not take a dishonest stranger brought into an older person’s home long to take cash, jewelry, credit cards, checks and valuables if he or she has access. Indeed, whenever a caregiver or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER World War II Veteran Resided In Senior Community Cash and Rolex Disappeared Police Arrest Caregiver On Suspicion Of Theft 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. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surveillance Footage Captures Suspicious Activity Search Reveals Resident’s Checkbook At Caregiver’s Home Facility Manager Reported Residents Missing Credit Cards 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. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Forgery And Unauthorized Charges Lack Of Oversight Cited Protecting Nursing Home Residents For every senior residing in an assisted care or skilled nursing facility there is a very real danger of financial elder abuse of nursing home residents by the staff and administrators of the very homes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 14-Year Prison Sentence For Caregiver Charges Of Sexual Assault And Theft Three Elderly Sexual Assault Victims Seniors and dependent persons under the care of in-home caregivers or residing in a care facility may be at risk of physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse and at the same time financial […]