Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Arrested For Stealing Over $1 Million From Senior Fraudulent Checks And Large “Gifts” Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft And Unauthorized Card Charges Alleged Suspects Are Elderly Woman’s Caregivers Property And Drugs Also Missing From Victim’s Home Anytime a stranger enters a senior’s home there is a risk of financial abuse or theft if cash, credit cards, checks or valuables are within reach.  Never, ever let […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Agents Steal From Seniors By POA Case Example Of Large Theft By POA Legal Consequences For Dishonest Agents Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full legal authority over a person’s financial affairs, unless the POA expressly limits the appointed agent’s power in some way.  The scope of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $1 Million Missing From 94-Year-Old’s Trust Multiple Check Forgeries Alleged Unlicensed Caregiver Reportedly Had Prior Criminal Record 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Lenders Cannot Cross-Sell Annuities Watch For Illegal Sales Tactics Remedies For Injured Seniors California seniors with substantial equity and significant appreciation in their homes but fixed incomes may be approached by lenders to consider getting cash by taking out a reverse mortgage on their home.  The title “reverse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Victim Evicted Because Rent Not Paid Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands The consequences of financial elder abuse on senior victims can be devastating.  Some elderly victims are driven to the brink of homelessness due to lack of funds to pay their rent.  There […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indexed Universal Life Policy Disadvantages Escalating Premiums Complexity And Surrender Penalties Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally cautions against indexed universal life insurance and deferred annuities for senior consumers because these insurance products are expensive, complicated, and tie up invested money for long periods of time.  Deferred annuities are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly False Billing Practices Defendant Settles Allegations For $10 Million Ex-Employee Rewarded $1.7 Million Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens help the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Total Value Annuities (TVAs) The life insurance and annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent California clients who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including indexed annuities and equity indexed universal life insurance. Indexed annuities are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Found Guilty Of Elder Abuse And Murder By Omission Recent Decision Allows Evidence Of Prior Bad Acts Abandoned Senior Dies By Overdose Seniors under in-home care are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment even though they are paying for their care.  […]