Category: Los Angeles financial elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraudulent Timesheets For Medicaid Reimbursement Elderly Victim Unaware Of Fraud Six Years Of Fraudulent Timesheets Alleged Dishonest caregivers with access to credit cards and debit cards of their elderly patients may quickly use the cards for unauthorized purchases and withdrawals.  Greedy caregivers may use those cards in stores, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Forged Checks On Victim’s Account Suspect Placed Through Agency Non-Medical Services Provider Forged checks off a senior’s account are a common type of fraud perpetrated on seniors by dishonest caregivers or other strangers with access to an elderly person’s checkbook.  Often, financial elder abuse by forged checks […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ponzi Scheme Targeting Mostly Older Customers Lost Savings And Homes At Risk Of Foreclosure Decades-Long Ponzi Scheme Seniors are often targets of Ponzi schemes, where money collected from new investors is used to pay existing investors, and there really is no actual investment of funds. Like the infamous […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Forms Of Elder Abuse Signs Of Neglect And Abuse Protecting Older Loved Ones The National Council on Aging says up to five million older Americans are abused yearly, and the annual loss by victims of financial elder abuse is estimated to be at least $36.5 billion. (That number could in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Checks On Resident Trust Funds $73,521.68 In Restitution Ordered Six Months Jail Sentence Seniors in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members similar to the risks seniors living at home face from dishonest in-home caregivers.  Theft of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Money Stolen Over Six-Year Period Attorney-In- Fact Accused Of Stealing Over $860,000 Falsified Beneficiary Designations And Other Documents Older persons often execute powers of attorney (POAs) to appoint designated persons to transact financial affairs on their behalf with full legal authority to do so.  The person appointed under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsifying Paychecks and Timecards Five-Years Probation And Restitution Pursuing Civil Remedies Against Abusers Cash, checks and credit cards can disappear quickly whenever a dishonest stranger or caregiver enters an elderly person’s home.  It may be a one-time theft or a more sustained theft through writing checks or using […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers Of Attorney Are Powerful Legal Instruments Possibility Of Abuse Of Power Always Present Examples Of Power Of Attorney Abuse Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Criminal Complaint Alleges Altered And Forged Checks Checks For Necessities Bounced For Insufficient Funds Unauthorized Use Of Debit Card Alleged We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to keep checks, ATM/Debit cards, and cash away from caregivers or other strangers who enter a senior’s home.  Nor […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Couple Accused Of Threatening Victim Victim Left Without Funds For Rent Suspicious Transactions Reported By Victim’s Granddaughter Reports of caregiver fraud and abuse appear almost every day in the news. Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest and greedy caregivers is one of the most pervasive forms of […]