ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Credit Card Use Victim’s Family Spots Suspicious Charges Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges are a common form of financial elder abuse.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Unpaid Rent Leads To Eviction Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands While most financial elder abuse starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her theft.  Left undetected, financial elder abuse can go on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Misuse of Powers of Attorney Case Example Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that grant full legal authority over a person’s financial affairs, unless the POA expressly limits the appointed agent’s power in some way.  The scope of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Blew Whistle On Alleged Duties Evasion Allegations Of Knowingly Submitting False Customs Reporting Forms Whistleblower To Receive $962,552 Reward The U.S. Department of Commerce assesses, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects, antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) to level the playing field for domestic producers. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Charged With Striking Resident On Head, Face, and Nose Memory Care Facility Resident Was Victim Legal Remedies For Victims And Families Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims and families in cases of the abuse and neglect of hospice patients and nursing home residents. We pursue all those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Strangers And Familiar Persons Are Both Possible Predators All Seniors At Risk Tips For Protecting Older Loved One Seniors and persons of all ranks of life may be victims of financial elder abuse.  Abuse strikes across all genders and socioeconomic groups.  Any wrongful taking of a senior or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Resided In Assisted Care Facility Multiple Incidents Of Sexual Assault And Rape Alleged Protecting Vulnerable Loved Ones National Institutes of Health statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes have been reported to the authorities over the last two decades, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud Dementia Victim Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud While theft from any person is a crime, when the victim is over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  According to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stealing Pension And Social Security Benefits Dangers Of Online Access To Benefits Protecting Older Loved Ones Dishonest caregivers with internet access may gain access to a senior’s pension or Social Security benefit profiles with just a few pieces of important information like the senior’s date of birth and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surveillance Camera Captured Assault On Film Fall Results In Senior’s Death Remedies For Families And Victims Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims and families in cases of nursing home abuse and pursue all those responsible for the abuse including any owners or administrators and supervisory persons in […]