Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect Is Home Health Aid For 90-Year-Old Victim Caregiver Allegedly Used Debit Cards For $26,000 In Purchases Victim’s Family Alerts Police Of Suspicious Activity Dishonest caregivers with access to credit cards and debit cards of their elderly patients may quickly use the cards for unauthorized purchases and withdrawals.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 99-Year-Old Victim’s “Helper” Charged With Theft Investigation Discovers Wire Transfers Of $582,647 Money Spent Paying Off Mortgage, A New Car And Vacations All seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse.  The predators may be caregivers, second spouses, girlfriends or boyfriends, “new” friends, trustees, financial advisors, insurance agents, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Fraudulent Purchases On Debit Card Victim Resident In Senior Living Community Victim Noticed Suspicious Charges On Statement Many of the reported cases of dishonest caregivers stealing from seniors occur in the senior’s own home when a dishonest in-home caregiver has access to financial records, checks, credit cards […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 96-Year-Old Victim Caregiver Allegedly Stole Over $53,000 Victim’s Family Discovers Theft After Victim’s Death Statistics show that the risk of financial elder abuse increases as we age; that is, a 90-year-old person is at greatest risk, say, than a 70-year-old.  Of course, the statistics are not surprising as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Of Seniors Signs Of Financial Exploitation Social, Physical And Behavioral Clues As we age, we may grow dependent on the help of others.  The process may be gradual or sudden (as after a stroke or accident).  Either way, increased dependence on others opens up the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 73-Year-Old Disabled Victim Caregiver Allegedly Repeatedly Overpaid Herself Confused Victim Paid Caregiver Multiple Times For Same Hours Dishonest caregivers will take advantage of any impairment they perceive in the patients they’re paid to care for.  One primary impairment as patients age is their memory; while seniors may continue […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 95-Year-Old Victim Spots Suspicious Charges Unauthorized Purchases Include Trips Charged With 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.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Stealing Jewelry And Cash Authorities Recover Some Pawned Items Suspect Allegedly Stole From Room To Room Residents of senior living communities, assisted care facilities, group homes and skilled nursing facilities are vulnerable to financial elder abuse just like those seniors who live in their homes under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER One Year In Prison And $661,549 In Restitution Elderly, Blind Victim Now Deceased Caregiver Acted As Conservator Of Victim Betrayal of an elder’s trust by a dishonest caregiver is one of the most recurring forms of financial abuse of the elderly. The abuse may occur almost immediately when […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Exploitation By Getting “Added” To Accounts False Representations Of Good Intentions Keep An Eye On Senior’s Account Titles Methods for financially exploiting seniors vary from straight theft of cash or checks, forgeries, and identity theft to more elaborate (or harder to detect) schemes like manipulation of estate planning […]