Category: financial elder abuse

Each year, thousands of families come to the realization that they can no longer provide the level of care that their elderly loved ones require and make the difficult decision to place their care in the hands of professionals. Placing an elderly family member in a nursing home is often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 29 Allegedly Forged Or Altered Checks Theft Took Place Over One-Year Period  Family Sues Caregiver In Civil Suit One common form of financial elder abuse occurs when caregivers or others forge or alter checks on a senior’s account.  Sometimes, the dishonest caregiver takes an entire book of checks […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Coached Victim To Call For Withdrawal Out Of State Family Members Alerted Authorities  Fraudulent Power Of Attorney Dishonest caregivers can be relentless in their efforts to steal from the elderly.  A recent case, discussed below, illustrates just how persistent a caregiver can be in taking a senior’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Altered Checks And Forgeries Relatives Report Bounced Checks For Insufficient Funds Unapproved Charges Appear On Debit Card We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to keep checks and cash away from caregivers or other strangers who enter a senior’s home.  Nor can we stress […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Spotting Power Of Attorney Abuse How Agents Use POAs To Enrich Themselves Stopping And Suing For POA Abuse A power of attorney is a document authorizing one or more people (“agent(s)” or “attorney(s)-in-fact”)) to act on behalf of another (the “principal”) in financial or medical matters. Financial powers of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misuse Of Powers Of Attorney Case Studies of POA Abuse State And Federal Laws On POA Misuse 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Defendant Was Accountant And Financial Advisor To Elderly Claimed Investments Were As Safe As CDs Much Of The $12 Million Came From Victims’ Retirement Savings Any American can be a victim of investment fraud but older investors are particularly vulnerable to fraud.  Financial predators may target older investors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect “Helped” 99-Year-Old Victim Run Errands Investigation Discovers Wire Transfers Of $582,647 Money Spent Paying Off Mortgage, A New Car And Vacations  We often write that seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse from various persons – caregivers, second spouses, girlfriends or boyfriends or other “new” friends, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complete Authority Over Principal’s Finances And Property Potential For Abuse Remedies For Injured Principals The most dangerous estate planning document which an individual may have is a financial Power of Attorney (POA). See Cal. Prob. Code §§ 4401 (statutory form for financial POA). The POA allows another person – […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Transferred $950,000 Of Client Money To Himself Forged Compliance Officer’s Signature Transfers Occurred Over Four-Year Period Senior investors are at risk of being sold unsuitable annuities or investments or churning or unauthorized trades in their brokerage accounts because dishonest advisors may prey on their lack of financial […]