Category: San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Defendant Allegedly Posed As Nursing Assistant  Accused of Stealing From 16 Victims At 5 Care Facilities Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud Stolen bank cards and credit cards are frequent means of financial elder abuse of the elderly as a recent arrest, discussed below, illustrates.  Never hand […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Theft Case Example Caregiver Allegedly Stole And Forged Checks Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse And Caregiver Fraud Stolen/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, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Keeping Elderly Victims Overmedicated Part Of Financial Elder Abuse Plan Remedies For Injured Seniors Seniors may sometimes be the victims of financial abuse by persons very close to them like a second spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend or stepchild. The financial abuse can range from relatively small amounts of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Fraud Alleged Fraudulently Created Joint Accounts Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Theft According to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics, as many as one in 10 seniors are victims of financial elder abuse. Their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons in close […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Bank Noticed Suspicions Activity Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud While all seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse, those who are alone and under the care of an in-home caregiver are particularly at risk if the caregiver is a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Over All Financial Matters Risk Of Theft Remedies For Injured Seniors 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 executes the POA.  There are powers of attorney […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft On Elderly Victim Forged Checks Alleged Preventing Caregiver Fraud While all seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse, those who are alone and under the care of an in-home caregiver are particularly at risk if the caregiver is a dishonest person looking to take […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Alleged Caregiver Fraud Prior Criminal History Alleged Preventing Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Financial elder abuse has become a national epidemic. As many as one in 10 vulnerable adults are potential targets, according to federal officials, and their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Debit Card Use Alleged Victim Resided In Assisted Care Facility Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized debit card and ATM transactions are common forms of financial elder abuse perpetrated on older persons. Dishonest persons working for seniors in their homes as caregivers are all too frequently perpetrators […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect And Financial Abuse Of Elderly Woman Relative Of Victim Alerts Authorities Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse And Neglect Often neglect of an older person goes hand in hand with financial abuse of that person as when a dishonest caregiver or other financial predator is more interested in […]