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TN: Attorney John E. Clemmons Suspended After $50,000 Taken From Disabled Ward
A prominent Nashville attorney has been temporarily suspended from the practice of law following the discovery that he paid himself $50,440 from the estate of a ward in a nursing home without the...
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What is the Elder Justice Coordinating Council?
The Elder Justice Act of 2009, as part of the Affordable Care Act, establishes the Elder Justice Coordinating Council to coordinate activities related to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation across...
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Linda Kincaid Reports: Elder Abuse: Wildwood Canyon Villa Staff Feed...
Investigations continue to find alarming elder abuse and egregious violations of California licensing regulations at Wildwood Canyon Villa, a San Bernardino County residential care facility for the...
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Florida Bar Suspects Lawyer in $3M Firm Theft
The Florida Bar is seeking emergency suspension of the law license of a South Florida attorney suspected of stealing more than $3 million from his firm's accounts. Bar officials asked the Supreme Court...
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TX Bar Wants Lawyer Stuart Leeds' Probation Revoked
The Texas State Bar's Commission for Lawyer Discipline has asked that lawyer Stuart Leeds' probation be revoked after 409th District Judge Sam Medrano last month held him in contempt of court. If a...
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TN Attorney John E. Clemmons, Court Appointed as Conservator, Sued for Breach...
A Nashville attorney whose law license already is under suspension for misappropriation of a ward’s funds is being accused in a civil suit of misappropriating at least $450,000 from a now-deceased...
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Florida: Operation S.A.F.E. (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation)
On Friday May 10, 2013, the Department of Financial Services, overseen by Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater will present OPERATION S.A.F.E. (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation) at the...
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TN Lawmakers Amend Conservatorship Bill After Concern From Hospitals
A long awaited bill to rewrite the state law governing conservatorships has undergone a last minute amendment at the request of hospitals thus delaying a final House vote on the measure and forcing...
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Guardian Gets Prison in $92K Theft From 12 Nursing Home Residents
A former Omaha attorney was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison for stealing $92,000 from 12 nursing home residents she was appointed to protect. U.S. District Judge Lyle Strom sentenced...
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Five Scheme to Defraud Elderly FL Woman
An 81-year-old Dania Beach woman with a history of Alzheimer's disease was exploited by five people in a scheme to repeatedly make her pay for bogus handiwork, the Broward Sheriff's Office said....
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Woman Who Was in Coma Has Her Bob Seger Concert Wish Come True
Evie Branan, 79, woke up out of a coma and her one wish was to see Bob Seger in concert. Thursday night, that wish came true. Branan has traveled down the road less traveled, but Thursday night her...
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Daughter Strapped Elderly Parents to Bed and Bilked Their Money, Police Say
Police have arrested a 65-year-old woman suspected of bilking money from her elderly parents while caging them in a room for up to 12 hours a day, the Redmond Police Department said. Source:Daughter...
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Prosecutors Give Opening Statements in Federal Case of Company Accused of...
Federal prosecutors say a Kansas City, Kan., man and four other people continued to sell stock in a Kansas City, Mo., company for two years after Missouri regulators ordered them to stop. Prosecutors...
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NY: Twenty Judges Reprimanded in 2012
Three judges were removed from office last year and another 11 resigned after investigations by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct found the jurists had breached their ethical or legal...
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Federal Appeals Court Sides With HIPAA Over Florida Law in "Catch 22" Case...
As we first reported in December 2011, it's a common scenario: A Florida nursing home resident dies, and his or her spouse, surrogate, proxy, or attorney requests the resident's medical records....
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: Boston Probate - Targeting Wealthy Elders
Join us this evening as Lisa Belanger joins us from Boston to report on the ongoing abuses in the Boston probate system. Boston, which is notorious for forcing court employees, attorneys and others...
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Former Oklahoma Judge Craig S. Key Indicted
The former judge involved in the Kelsey-Smith Briggs case was accused Thursday in three state indictments of embezzling from clients and stealing cattle. Craig S. Key was the former Lincoln County...
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NY Woman Accused of Financial Exploitation
A Rochester woman has been charged with multiple felonies in Olmsted County District Court after authorities say she spent more than $17,000 of another woman's money. Theresa Anne Kuhn, 49, faces two...
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TN Conservatorship Bill Amendment Regarding Emergency Hearings and Also...
A rewrite of the state law governing conservatorships setting new first time standards for emergency cases has been approved by the Tennessee General Assembly and will now goes to Gov. Bill Haslam....
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TX Man Turns Himself in After Elderly Woman Notices $100K Missing
A man turned himself in after an elderly woman reported nearly $10,000 missing from her bank account. Brandon Scott Smith, 41, was charged with theft of $20,000 or more but less than $100,000 from an...
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