ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California is anticipated to pass three new bills that would strengthen elder abuse laws in the state.   Among other things, the definition of undue influence would be updated as it relates to financial elder abuse.  Notary Publics are now required to report suspected financial elder abuse when they […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Wells Fargo financial professional recently helped to save a client from losing money in a scam targeting senior citizens.  The 78-year old client thought that he won an overseas lottery.  Instead, he became a victim of financial elder abuse via a typical lottery scam.  The Wells Fargo […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sweepstakes scams continue to rack up victims, despite warnings to the public.  Often, senior citizens are the target of these types of scams.  Thus, sweepstakes scams are a form of financial elder abuse.  In a typical sweepstakes scam, a fraudster contacts an elderly victim and informs them that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER You don’t expect the manager of a major bank to walk off with hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money, yet this appears to be a crime perpetrated with increasing regularity against elders in California. Oakland banker Linda Sue Foss was recently charged by the Alameda County […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent victim of financial elder abuse claims that Bank of America did not question transactions when she withdrew money.  The senior citizen victim was allegedly scammed out of approximately $35,000.  Police are searching for a black woman in her 40’s who disappeared with the money.  California financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California has some of the toughest laws in the United States when it comes to protecting senior citizens from financial elder abuse.  According to Sacramento financial elder abuse attorneys, financial elder abuse is becoming common. Financial elder abuse is theft.  Often, the theft comes from within the family […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – The Monterey County District Attorney recently announced that a 29 year-old Monterey area man has been sentenced to four years in prison.  The defendant was sentenced for financial elder abuse.  The defendant trolled for victims in California while posing as a licensed contractor.  Monterey […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – The Los Gatos police department recently took a report from an elderly victim of a sweepstakes scam.  The elderly victim was allegedly defrauded out of large sums of money by suspects whose identities are unknown at this time.  The elderly victim reported being defrauded […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A financial adviser based in the Salinas area was recently accused of financial elder abuse.  According to the Monterey County district attorney’s office, the defendant was charged with one count of felony financial elder abuse.  The defendant in this case operates a business assisting people with the management […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A caregiver has been charged with murder and a special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain in connection with the presumed death of an 89 year-old senior victim in San Diego.  Gerald Rabourn, the senior victim, disappeared in October of 2010.  His body has never been found, […]