Financial
Explotaition
OF ADULTS, ELDERLYS,
AND ADULTS WITH
DISSABILITIES
The Financial Exploitation is defined as the
misuse of the funds, property or resources of
a person with disabilities or elderly, by another
individual, including, but not limited to fraud,
false claims, and misappropriation of funds,
conspiracy, falsifying documents, coercion,
transfer property or denial of access to
property.
In several cases, the exploiter (a) is a member
of the family, a friend or somebody that you
know. The elderly person may also be victim
of care providers or other Trustees of trust
such as lawyers, accountants or financial
advisors.
¿HOW YOU CAN
IDENTIFY SUSPICIOUS
BEHAVIOR?
Whenever you interact with people of
advanced age or an adult with disability, we
must be alert and observe the behavior of the
person and his companion, if that’s the case.
Among the actions or behaviors that can be
identified as Suspicious Behavior or signals,
which can be identified as dangerous should
be considered.
A. Person of advanced age or adult with
disability that looks abandoned or
sloppy like is not receiving proper care.
B. Person of advanced age or adult with
disability visits a facility accompanied
and that companion ignore the life and
health conditions of this person.
C. Person of advanced age or adult with
disability doesn’t remember that he/she
applied for insurance, or doesn’t
remember details of the policy, and
shows confusion regarding the policy.
D. Person of advanced age or adult with
disability appears to be fearful of being
evicted or detained in an institution if he
doesn’t name as a beneficiary his/her
guardian, representative or any person
who is responsible for your care.
E.
There is more than one person or
family that is requesting guidance,
insistently, on the benefits of insurance
to the person of advanced age or adult
with disability, without his/her consent.
F. There is more than one person or
family claiming to have guardianship
over the elderly or the adult with
disabilities and their goods.
G. The person who alleges having
custody or have been designated as an
authorized contact person, refuse to
show evidence of their authority or the
evidence that shows it is contradictory
and does not even seem legitimate.
IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITIES OF INSURANCE
BUSINESS
Between the insurance business activities
you can found:
A. Suspicious signatures on documents
related to policies.
B. The person of advanced age or adult
with disability manifests or looks like
doesn’t have knowledge of transactions,
claims, applications for insurance,
among other matters related to the
insurance business. .
C. Anyone requesting a change in the
residential or postal address that was
previously reported by the advanced age
person or adult with disability, without
the authorization of these.
D. Any person make consistent requests of
information regarding benefits and
beneficiaries that are assigned to the
policies, also ask for an application to
change beneficiaries.
E. Any person that is making consistent
requests of information regarding
benefits and beneficiaries that are
assigned to the policies, also ask for an
application to change beneficiaries.