Key Takeaways Scams targeting older adults are on the rise. In 2022, there were 88,262 complaints of fraud resulting in $3.1 billion in losses from people age 60+. The most common financial scams tar...
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Nov 2023 08
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A U.S. District judge sentenced a man from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to 25 months imprisonment after he admitted to participating in an identity theft and fraudulent check scheme. Ja...
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Oct 2023 19
ATLANTA – Latonja Goodrum, a former Social Security employee who used her position to steal benefits from disabled Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries, has pleaded guilty to a federal cha...
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Oct 2023 19
Earlier today, the Justice Department issued its fifth annual report to Congress its efforts to combat elder fraud and abuse. The report summarizes the Department’s extensive efforts during the repor...
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Aug 2023 07
A Jamaican national, who was previously extradited to the United States from Jamaica, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in connection with a fraudule...
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Aug 2023 04
AJC CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY A caregiver was arrested Wednesday after officials in Cherokee County said she stole thousands of dollars from her patient. Ebony Michelle Mitchell, 48, is facing six co...
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Jan 2023 09
Total Care Community Living is on the hook for $118 million following a jury verdict reached last week which found the company negligent in allowing a severely disabled man in Macon to be abused by it...
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Dec 2022 20
Key Takeaways While older adults only make up 12% of the U.S. population, they account for 18% of all suicide deaths. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline aims to expand crisis care access to older...
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Nov 2022 17
Older adults lost $1 billion to scams in 2021, with impersonation and investment scams costing them more money last year compared with 2020, according to a new report from the US Federal Trade Commiss...