Category: Financial Exploitation

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Credit Cards, Jewelry And Valuables Can Disappear A Single Caregiver Targeting Multiple Victims Protecting Older Loved Ones During The Pandemic Whenever a stranger enters the home of an elderly or disabled person, there is always a risk that something might be stolen.  It’s a sad truth but […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Carriers Pay Large Commissions On Annuity Sales High-Pressure Sales Tactics And Anxiety About The Economy Dangers In Replacing Existing Contracts Financial advisors and insurance agents often capitalize on the anxiety older persons have about the economy and whether they will have enough money to live on in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Greedy Caregivers Strike Quickly Seizing Accessible Cash And ATM Cards Hiding Bank Statements To Cover Up Theft Anytime a stranger enters the home of an elderly person, there is a risk of financial elder abuse. Caregivers especially have access to everything in an elder individual’s home and time […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increased Isolation And Financial Abuse Caregivers Can Be Predators  Napa Caregiver Registration Authorities from around the country are reporting record spikes in financial elder abuse cases during the pandemic. Financial elder abuse is also on the rise here in Napa.  Periods of high unemployment and economic downturn such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Churchgoers Swindled Out Of Millions Older Church Members Encouraged To Cash Out Other Investments  $3.5 Million Taken In Scheme Financial elder abuse can come from different actors and from different directions.  Sometimes, the predator is an individual in whom the victims have a great amount of trust, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unscrupulous Agents Earn Commissions On Unsuitable Products Misrepresentations And High-Pressured Sales Tactics Evans Law Firm Represents Financial Elder Abuse Victims Financial elder abuse is the most common form of elder abuse in the United States; elder advocacy groups estimate that there are five million cases of financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation Is Breeding Ground For Financial Abuse Unauthorized ATM Withdrawals Make Up Greatest Percentage Of Losses  Helping Isolated Seniors Throughout the United States and here in California and Santa Cruz County, incidents of financial elder abuse have skyrocketed as a result of the isolation of seniors, and the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Online Access To Social Security Benefits Dementia Sufferers And Invalid Powers of Attorney Seeking Justice For Injured Seniors When seniors suffer a stroke, are hospitalized, or experience deepening dementia, the risk of financial elder abuse becomes very high.  The San Diego County and California elder abuse attorneys at […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Federal Prison Sentence For Defrauding Elderly Couple $1.6 Million Scheme Allegedly Lasted Two Years Thousands Of Phone Calls To Older Couples Produced Hundreds Of Transfers Financial elder abuse is sometimes a single event or transaction but more commonly it is a sustained scheme playing out over time. Reports […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness To Prevent Elder Abuse Act 1 in 10 People Over 60 Experience Abuse Prevalence Much Higher For People With Dementia Disorders Both sides of the aisle in Congress recently united to pass legislation intended to add in the protection for Alzeheimer’s sufferers against elder abuse.  […]