Category: Elder Financial Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Costly To Get Your Money Back Interest Crediting Rules Operate In Carrier’s Favor Contract Fees And Risks Of Loss Deferred annuities are contracts where the policy holder makes an upfront premium payment in exchange for an income stream in years to come.  The concept sounds simple enough but […]

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 Financial Powers Of Attorney Grant Broad Authority Potential For Misuse Of Power Always Exists How Powers Of Attorney Are Misuse Financial powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft Of Jewelry And Cash From Rooms 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Caregiver Theft From Assisted Care Facility Residents One Victim’s Family Discovers Suspicious Charges $16,000 In Unauthorized Charges According To Police Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or a senior’s room in any sort of care facility, any credit and debit cards and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Caregiver Allegedly Stole Bank Cards And Credit Cards 71-Year-Old Victim Caregiver’s Husband Also Arrested Cash, checks, credit cards, ATM cards, jewelry and other valuables within reach of a dishonest stranger or caregiver in a senior’s home can disappear quickly.  In fact, every time a stranger or caregiver […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Investment Advisor Knew Seniors For Many Years False Promises Of Investment Opportunities Elderly Couple Lose Entire Life Savings While often the financial predators of seniors are newcomers in their lives or even total strangers, seniors may also be victims of financial elder abuse from those the senior has […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Caregivers Charged With Unauthorized Use Of ATM And Debit Cards Separate Cases With Similar Facts Of Financial Elder Abuse How To Protect Older Loved Ones Unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals and use of credit and debit cards is a prevalent form of financial elder abuse of the elderly.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Under Financial Powers of Authority How POA Authority Is Misused Remedies For Injured Seniors 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 Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Plead Guilty To Falsifying Paychecks and Timecards Sentenced To Five-Years Probation And Restitution Pursuing Civil Remedies Cash, checks and credit cards can disappear quickly whenever a dishonest stranger or caregiver enters an elderly person’s home.  It may be a one-time theft or a more sustained theft through writing […]