A “professional fraudster and identity thief” previously convicted — twice — of stealing from older adults and a co-worker was sentenced last week to four years in prison for stealing from two assisted living communities where she was employed using her sister’s identity.
A former worker at an assisted living community in Alabama has been charged with financial exploitation for allegedly stealing $9 million in cash and real estate from a former resident.
The ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging is turning up the heat on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, asking the agency’s chief to describe its efforts to establish quality measures for Medicaid home- and community-based services such as those provided by some assisted living operators.
A California woman was arraigned last week for defrauding two women for whom she had power of attorney and putting them at risk of eviction, the state attorney general announced Friday.
The former owner and operator of a Missouri assisted living community has paid a $150,000 settlement in a Medicaid fraud case for falsely billing services that were not provided.
The owner of an Oklahoma residential care home faces up to 170 years in prison and $170,000 in fines for allegedly exploiting 17 older adults in his care.
Older adults in the United States were scammed out of approximately $1 billion through fraud schemes in 2020, an increase of $300 million from 2019, according to a new report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3.
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A New Jersey manager of 50 senior living facilities in three states was charged with concealment in bankruptcy for allegedly hiding $2.9 million in funds.
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2020 received 105,301 complaints from victims aged 60 or more years, with total losses exceeding $966 million.
