Financial Abuse

• Barrie shelter raising concerns over inflation’s impact on women living with abuse

  The Barrie Women and Children’s Shelter says inflation and the higher cost of living are making it harder for women experiencing domestic abuse to leave their abuser.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2022
  
• Federal strategy to address financial abuse needed to prevent domestic violence: report

  A report by the standing committee on the status of women on addressing intimate partner and family violence makes 28 recommendations to the federal government.

  Politics

  Jun 22, 2022
  
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• 90-year-old RBC client allegedly lost $60K to fraud by longtime advisor

  The financial ordeal of a Toronto senior raises tough questions, her family says.

  Money

  Nov 19, 2020
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• Her husband told her not to work, then cut off her money — how financial abuse traps women

  Abuse often involves money, but advocates say financial abuse in particular makes it harder for victims to leave and rebuild independent lives.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2020
• Moncton realtor stripped of licence says she was trying to help senior, not take ‘outrageous’ advantage of him

  Tanya Hannah along with her spouse Maurice Poirier were determined to be unsuitable to be licensed as real-estate salespeople under the province’s Real Estate Agents Act, in a ruling released last week.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2018
• Vancity Credit Union unveils new senior financial abuse survey

  A Vancity survey finds that 35 per cent of seniors polled experienced at least one kind of financial abuse and choose not to tell anybody.

  Economy

  Nov 3, 2017
• University of New Brunswick researcher looking into elder financial abuse

  A PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick is embarking on a province wide tour to discuss the financial abuse of seniors in the province and how best to mitigate and prevent it.

  Money

  Jun 15, 2017
• How to thwart the growing threat of elder financial abuse

  Financial abuse of the elderly is the second most common abuse of those 55 and older as highlighted by a recent Saskatchewan case.

  Money

  Jun 15, 2017
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• Lethbridge senior’s ‘friend’ who tried to marry him for money highlights elder abuse problem

  Lethbridge police investigate around 12 cases a month of elder abuse. Officers said the majority of issues are regarding inheritance and estate planning.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2016