Category: San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reports Of Financial Elder Abuse Rising At Alarming Rate Steps For Protecting Seniors Legal Remedies For Victims Of Financial Elder Abuse Reports of financial elder abuse of older Americans are rising at an alarming rate across the country. Financial exploitation of older Americans is not the inevitable consequence […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complaint Alleges Altered Checks And Forgeries Victim’s Account Allegedly Overdrawn By Caregiver’s Fraudulent Checks Unauthorized Debit Card Use Also 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 Falsifying Paychecks and Time Cards Five-Years Probation And Restitution Pursuing Civil Remedies 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 credit […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers of Attorney Grant Broad Authority How POA Authority Gets Abused Remedies For Injured Seniors 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 medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Insurance Agent Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Many Seniors Among Victims Protecting Older Loved Ones Insurance agents and brokers serve as trusted advisors to their clients, ensuring that policyholders are adequately protected in the event of a loss.  However, on some occasions, unscrupulous agents abuse their profession for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Rising Epidemic Of Financial Elder Abuse Steps For Protecting Senior Loved Ones And Friends Legal Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Financial exploitation of older Americans is not the inevitable consequence of growing old but the sad reality for millions of seniors in America every year.  Seniors at […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Theft By Attorney-in-Fact Occurred Over Three-Month Period Victim In Mental Health Facility And Unaware Of Fraud Allegedly Spent Gambling And On Hotels And A New Car Misuse of Powers of Attorney (POAs) is always against the law.  Probate Code § 4231.5.  But when the principal is an […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 65 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 do from dishonest in-home caregivers.  Theft […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Threatened Elderly Victim For Money Theft Allegedly Left Victim Without Rent Money Suspicious Transactions Discovered By Granddaughter Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest and greedy caregivers is one of the most pervasive forms of financial elder abuse.  Reports of caregiver fraud and abuse appear almost every day […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Many Victims Lost All Their Retirement Savings Homes At Risk Of Foreclosure Scheme Began Decades Ago Financial elder abuse can be limited to isolated transactions exploiting the elderly or can be a largescale fraud striking numerous elderly victims.  Seniors are often targets of Ponzi schemes, where money collected […]