Financial abuse Posts

Backgrounder: Regulation and Supreme Court Ruling on the National Securities Regulator Act

August 9, 2013

Broad Strokes (The Macro-Economic Context) Canada presents a somewhat embarrassing spectacle at the International ...

Caveat Emptor: Pushy Energy Salespeople Can be Bad News

July 27, 2013

Beware of Energy Contracts and Home Heating Scams - they have become all too common in Ontario An Angus Reid survey ...

Toronto senior one of 90 allegedly targeted by home renovation scheme

July 26, 2013

Star investigation: Kennis Heath one of a growing number of vulnerable seniors being preyed on for their life ...

1 in 5 Doctors See Older Victims of Financial Scams

June 28, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C: Could America's doctors and nurses play a bigger role in learning the symptoms and recommended ...

CARP Launches New Elder Abuse Paper and Recommendations on the International Day to End Elder Abuse

June 14, 2013

Editor's Note: June 15th is International World Elder Abuse Awareness Day or as we at CARP prefer to think- the Day to ...

Nova Scotia to probe seniors' financial abuse

May 3, 2013

HALIFAX – Proposed legislation would give the Nova Scotia government the power to investigate suspected cases of ...

Breaking in Nova Scotia: Amendments to Protect Vulnerable Seniors from Financial Abuse

May 3, 2013

May 2nd, 2013: Vulnerable seniors and their families will have greater protection from financial abuse in Nova Scotia ...

Can regulators stave off 'massive increase in senior misery?'

April 12, 2013

Elderly seen as easy target for unscrupulous advisers, fraudsters; Finra zeroing in on complex products With thousands ...

Avoiding Scams Targeting Seniors

March 8, 2013

March is Fraud Prevention Month and it’s an important time to remember that banks work hard to protect their ...