Category: Financial Exploitation

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Used Joint Account To Steal Advisor Transferred Money To Joint Account 60 Withdrawals For Advisor’s Benefit Totaling $668,000 Caregivers, financial advisors and others often cultivate a personal relationship with a senior deliberately in order to take advantage of the closeness and the sense of dependence and trust such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California AG Alleges $1.3 Million Fraud Charges Of Theft, Securities Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Six Victims Of Fraudulent Scheme Largescale fraudulent investment schemes against elderly victims violate securities laws constitute financial elder abuse.  See Cal. Corp. Code §§ 25401, 25540 and 25541 (fraud in securities offerings; Penal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is A Crime Seniors At Risk Of Financial Elder Abuse From Caregivers And Others Five Ways To Spot And Stop Caregiver Fraud Whenever a caregiver or other stranger is in a senior’s home there is a very real danger of theft, whether the caregiver comes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neighbor Held Himself Out As A “Caregiver” Judge Found Man Exploited Position Of Trust Isolated Victim From Those Who Could Help Seniors are vulnerable to financial elder abuse from any number of people: caregivers, persons with a Power of Attorney over the senior’s finances, insurance agents, investment advisors, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Advisor Allegedly Stole From 73-Year-Old Client Advisor Made 60 Transfers From Client’s Account Defendant Cultivated Personal Relationship With Client Senior citizens are at risk from financial elder abuse from caregivers, strangers, and those who have direct access to their money like financial advisors or persons acting under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 2022 Martin Luther King Holiday Using The Holiday To Help Seniors Building The Beloved Community           Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.             — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 15, 1960, in Raleigh, North Carolina The Martin Luther King Jr. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Client In Assisted Care Facility Financial Advisor Pled Guilty To Financial Elder Abuse Victim Nearly Evicted For Unpaid Bills Financial Powers of Attorney (POAs) grant the agent acting under them broad powers over a principal’s financial affairs.  See Cal. Prob. Code §§ 4401 (financial POA).  The agent […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolated Seniors Vulnerable To Neglect And Abuse Financial Exploitation May Accompany Neglect Of Patient Recourse For Families And Injured Seniors Seniors and dependent persons under the care of in-home caregivers may be at risk of neglect and isolation and at the same time financial abuse by those caregivers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Trustee Theft And Other Breaches Of Duty Removal And Other Remedies  Elder Abuse Act Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Trusts are important estate planning tools to establish distribution of income and assets during life and after death.  The individual creating the trust usually acts as his or her […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Charges Defendant Ran Scheme For Nine Years Victims Primarily Elderly Investors False Promise Of Guaranteed Income And Other Misrepresentations Financial elder abuse can strike a particular senior citizen or can be a largescale fraud striking numerous elderly victims such as investment fraud like a Ponzi scheme, where […]