Protect yourself from elder abuse and fraud. An elderly woman 92 years old is being looked after by a man 40 years her junior with no visible means of support. As she loses her competency, she relies on this man and turns over her checkbook. She has no asset protection mechanisms in place. She begins signing large checks and endorsing checks to his order. An unplanned emergency room visit gets the attention of the local Social Services Agency that contacts a lawyer on her behalf. Further investigation reveals no estate plan in place. The lawyer files an action to force an accounting from the man to make him disclose the asset transfers that benefit him and deplete the senior’s estate. The accounting reveals hundreds of thousands in various transfers over a period of 4 years to this individual. Criminal proceedings are being started against this confidence man.