ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Theft/Caregiver Fraud Caregiver Accused Of Stealing Cash And Using Victim’s Credit Card Protecting Seniors  Theft of cash and unauthorized credit card use are common forms of financial elder abuse perpetrated on older persons. Dishonest persons working for seniors in their homes as caregivers are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Used Fake POA To End Life Support Accused Of Murder And Theft Of Victim’s Home And Money Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to any confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a risk that they will […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 94-Year-Old Victim Of Alleged Caregiver Fraud Family Alerted Police Of Suspicions Protecting Older Loved Ones And Pursuing Remedies Falsification of time sheets by paid caregivers is one of the ways dishonest caregivers financially exploit older persons. Altering their paychecks to make them greater is another. Using debit and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect Placed Seniors Into Care Facilities Convinced Victim To Give Her Power Of Attorney Safeguarding Older Loved Ones From Financial Abuse 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Largescale Theft Alleged Caregiver Accused Of Phony “Gifts” And Fraudulent Checks Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure is likely much, much […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Withdrawals From Victim’s Accounts Caregiver Accused Of Abandoning Victim Protections And Remedies For Senior Victims A dishonest stranger posing as a caregiver can rapidly take advantage of an isolated senior once he or she enters a senior’s home and life.  No one should ever let a stranger […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 65 Unauthorized Checks Drawn 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.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolated Seniors Especially Vulnerable Signs Of Financial Elder Abuse Remedies And Protections For Seniors Sadly, seniors are often targets of financial elder abuse from the very people they have entrusted to care for them or manage their financial affairs once they have lost the ability to manage for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 88-Year-Old Victim Of Alleged Fraud Accusations of Forged Checks And Unauthorized Card Use Witnesses Believe There May Be Additional Victims 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 How Agents Steal From Seniors By POA Case Example Of Large Theft By POA Legal Consequences For Agent Financial powers of attorney (POAs) 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 the […]