Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Of Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized Card Charges Protecting Seniors Never hand an ATM/debit card or credit card to a caregiver and ask them to go get cash or make purchases.  Never give out any PIN numbers. Never give a caregiver or other person a blank check and never, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Gambled Away Victim’s Money Over 100 Criminal Charges Against Caregiver Protecting Older Loved Ones According to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics, as many as one in 10 seniors are victims of financial elder abuse.  Their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Caregiver Fraud Through Opening Joint Accounts Protecting Your Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Fraud by dishonest caregivers ranges from theft of cash, credit cards and checks to elaborate schemes aimed at taking an elderly victim’s entire estate.  Online access to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft  86-Year-Old Victim Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud Never hand an ATM/debit card or credit card to a caregiver and ask them to go get cash or make purchases.  Never give out any PIN numbers. Never give a caregiver or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Disadvantages For Seniors Costly To Exit Sales Commissions And Fees 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 in fact deferred annuities, like fixed indexed annuities, are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud Dementia Victim Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud While theft from any person is a crime, when the victim is over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  According to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reported Case Example Of Caregiver Theft/Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized Online Transfers And Account Access Protecting Seniors For Financial Elder Abuse And Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized online money transfers are a common form of financial elder abuse perpetrated on older persons. Dishonest persons working for seniors in their homes as caregivers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud Falsified Checks Alleged Preventing Caregiver Fraud Falsification of time sheets by paid caregivers is one of the ways dishonest caregivers financially exploit older persons. Altering their paychecks to make them greater is another.  Using debit and credit cards repeatedly is yet another.  Outright […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Pension and Social Security Benefits Redirected Online Access To Change Deposit Instructions Protecting Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 76-Year-Old Facility Resident Dies After Being Pushed Victim Broke Hip And Later Died In The Hospital Incident Caught On Surveillance Camera Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very individuals paid to care for them.  Stories of […]