The United States sued Roscelly Sklavounos, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, claiming that even after agreeing to a cease and desist order, she continues to prey upon senior citizens by telling them they’ve won a lottery and need to wire her money for bogus fees and taxes.
Read moreLike many Americans her age do each winter, Rosalie Achiu hopped on a flight to escape the cold for somewhere balmy. Achiu, a 75-year-old woman with dementia, was alone on her way to a tropical island less than a month after a series of bizarre incidents that seemed to stem from a seemingly routine welfare check by law enforcement.
Read moreA trial court improperly denied a defendant’s motion to exclude evidence of statements she made to a counselor admitting that she had smothered her grandmother with a pillow, an Oregon appeals court ruled, finding that the state’s elder abuse reporting statutes “only abrogate privileged communications to the extent that a report be submitted.”
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Four South Florida nursing home workers are facing aggravated manslaughter charges for the deaths of a dozen residents who perished under their care amid sweltering heat during a power outage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Read moreNursing facilities in the U.S. did not report thousands of cases of potential neglect and abuse of elderly Medicare recipients, the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general said in an audit released Wednesday.
Read moreThe man accused of stealing from and abusing the late comic book legend Stan Lee pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday.
Read moreA former business manager of Stan Lee was arrested Saturday on elder abuse charges involving the late comic book legend.
Read moreA federal judge advanced some claims from senior citizens who say Rosegold Investments and Master Investment Group “coerced” them into investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoins, which suffered steep losses.
Read moreA man who claimed to be the late comic book legend Stan Lee’s business partner has been charged with multiple counts of elder abuse in a Los Angeles criminal court, nearly a year after Lee filed a restraining order against the man.
Read moreThe United States claims in federal complaint that Deepak Gupta, of Phoenix, victimized senior citizens in a two-year “predatory wire fraud scheme … that fraudulently induces U.S. consumers to pay for false or unnecessary technical-support services related to computers and computer equipment,” under the name GNI LLC and IT Care Guys.
Read moreAn elderly California woman suffering from stroke, dementia and cancer claims in court that she was charged $129,000 — “more than double the normal price” — for work on her home she did not need, and to replace items she had recently upgraded. Five other poor, elderly homeowners also sued Oakland-based Renew Financial Holdings, on similar charges, in April.
Read moreMarvel Comics’ Stan Lee filed a restraining order against a man who up until earlier this week was acting as his business manager, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Read moreComic book creator Stan Lee, 95, is suing his former business manager in a fraud and elder abuse lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Friday, claiming that he stole over $4 million dollars and even set up a scheme to sell Lee’s blood as a collector’s item.
Read moreClass actions filed by Irell & Manella in L.A. Superior Court accuse Renew Financial Holdings, Renovate America Inc., and Los Angeles County of financial elder abuse through a state-created program called Property Assessed Clean Energy.
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A class action accuses AARP of financially abusing elders by taking kickbacks from UnitedHealth insurance, forcing members to pay extra and violating California insurance and business laws.
Read moreThe grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control of the late poet’s intellectual property from his father and has bankrupted a company the two set up to manage her legacy, the father claims in a state court lawsuit filed Monday.
Read moreA group of senior citizens accuse Brookdale Senior Living of deliberately understaffing its facilities to improve profit margins and violating the Americans With Disabilities Act with noncompliant bathrooms, closets and patio doors, according to a federal class action.
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A state court judge Monday refused to toss the claims of Sumner Redstone’s ex-girlfriend, who says his daughter Shari Redstone prevented her from getting her share of the media mogul’s estate.
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