Lawyer charged with theft, fraud in conservatorship cases
A longtime Nashville attorney has been jailed on charges of aggravated perjury, theft and TennCare fraud stemming from his care of three people, two of them elderly and one severely disabled, that the...
View ArticleNursing Homes are the Most Dangerous Workplaces in America, Government Data...
Nursing homes had the highest rate of workplace injury and illness in 2012, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Last year's illness and injury incidence rate for...
View ArticlePatient in So-Called “Vegetative State” Knew Doctors Were Dehydrating Him to...
We dehydrate to death helpless people in this country because they have a catastrophic cognitive impairment. Advocates for dehydration say it is just medical ethics, the withdrawal of the medical...
View ArticleFormer estate-planning lawyer faces federal charges in claimed $3M client...
A former Pennsylvania estate-planning lawyer is facing a federal wire fraud and money-laundering case, accused of bilking eight clients of over $3 million between 2007 and 2013.Prosecutors say Wendy...
View ArticleMagistrate upholds federal indictment against suspended judge
A federal magistrate Friday recommended upholding an indictment accusing Family Court Judge Steven Jones of participating in a decade-long investment fraud scheme.Attorneys Robert Draskovich and Gary...
View ArticleTBI Case Against Franklin Co. Attorney, Joseph Bean Jr., Appointed to...
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s case into a Franklin County attorney assigned by a court to be a conservator over the estate of a woman in failing health resulted in an indictment by the...
View ArticleTN Attorney John E. Clemmons Takes Plea, Gets 18 Years in $1.3 Mil Theft Case...
A suspended Tennessee probate lawyer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after admitting that he stole $1.3 million from three conservatorship clients.John E. Clemmons, 66, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleKids-for-Cash Documentary Set to Debut This Weekend
A documentary about a juvenile justice scandal in Northeastern Pennsylvania will have its premiere this weekend at a film festival in New York."Kids for Cash" will be shown Sunday at the festival...
View ArticleVolunteers Sought For County Guardianship Monitoring Program
By Press ReleaseCOURT HOUSE -- Cape May County Surrogate M. Susan Sheppard, Esq. is seeking volunteers to be part of the Guardianship Monitoring Program in Cape May County. The state-wide initiative...
View ArticleNashville lawyer admits to stealing $1.3 million, gets 18 years in prison
A well-known Nashville probate attorney was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison after admitting to stealing $1.3 million from three clients, including the late father of a severely disabled...
View ArticleTypes of Elder Abuse
NASGA affiliate and advocate Danielle Jesserer addresses guardianship abuse as a form of elder abuse in the early segment of this interview: Source:Type of Elder Abuse YouTube
View ArticleLocal attorney disciplined for professional misconduct
A Victoria attorney accepted a public reprimand from the Commission for Lawyer Discipline for not returning an unearned fee. Attorney Mark Davis paid restitution to the man who filed the grievance when...
View ArticleEx-judge Hale’s punishment not enough, Supreme Court says
A six-month suspension of former Franklin County Environmental Court Judge Harland Hale’s law license isn’t punishment enough, the Ohio Supreme Court declared today. In an unusual move, the justices...
View ArticleCity Seeks Guardianship for 9-1-1 'Super User'
Unsure how to curb frequent 911 calls by a system “super user,” Washington, D.C., officials met earlier this year to discuss a solution. Their decision: Seek a guardianship to handle the woman’s...
View ArticleTonight on T.S. Radio: Probate Court Fraud With Guest Judy Barnes
Ohio, a state rife with probate abuses and predatory guardians, has another case you just cannot believe took place. Between stolen property, funds and fraudulent POA's, an elderly woman with...
View ArticleLinda Kincaid Reports: Margarita Zelada: Timeline of elder abuse by Monterey...
Deputy Public Guardian Jennifer Empasis pursued a campaign of false allegations and abuse of power to control the assets of Peruvian immigrant Margarita Zelada. Her estate is valued at around...
View ArticleLinda Kincaid Reports: Elder abuse by Monterey County Public Guardian:...
San Francisco resident Margarita Zelada had an accidental fall while visiting her daughter in Pacific Grove, California. The Monterey County Public Guardian used the accident to seize control of...
View ArticleLinda Kincaid Reports: Elder Abuse by Monterey County Public Guardian: Court...
San Francisco resident Margarita Zelada is unlawfully confined and isolated at Senior Paradise in Del Rey Oaks, California. The false imprisonment is at the order of the Monterey County Public...
View ArticleBond set for Ga. trio in elderly exploitation case
BUENA VISTA, Ga. — Bond has been set for two college students whose mother is accused of scamming an elderly man out of money they paid tuition with.Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Danny Jackson...
View Article'Grave Robbery Under Color of Law'
Talk aboutthe pot calling the kettle black, private guardian Jared E. Shafer's attractive protégé' Patience Bristol is sitting in a cell at the Clark County Detention Center awaiting trial while her...
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