Elder Abuse. What is it?

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Elder Abuse Laws by State - Variations in State Elder Laws
From the site above.
Generally, state laws addressing elder abuse qualify a victim as an elder in 1 of 3 ways:

• They are an adult of a certain age (e.g., 60 or older).
• They are an adult deemed physically or mentally vulnerable.
• They are a vulnerable adult who is also of a certain age.

What Is Considered Abuse?​

Generally, U.S. state laws use some common elements to define abuse.

Across the states, legal definitions of abuse often include:

• The intention of the offender to commit the harmful act
• Resulting harm or risk of harm to the victim
• Harm that is physical, psychological, sexual, or financial

However, state laws also vary in how they define elder abuse.

Variations in elder abuse definitions by state may include:

• Whether elder neglect is considered a form of elder abuse or a separate crime
• Whether certain acts like abandonment are recognized as elder abuse
• Whether or not elder abuse can only be committed by someone in a position of trust
• Who qualifies as being in a position of trust

And here is a highly detailed list, state by state, from the American Bar Association:
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_aging/2020-abuse-definitions.pdf

The pig butchering scams, when they happen to anyone 60+, can't those qualify as elder abuse? Someone gained the Senior's trust, doesn't matter if they are in person or online, and robbed them blind. It is financial abuse.

There is also the simple act of fraud. FRAUD is a CRIME.

So yeah. I say throw as many of them in Guantanamo as we can. Don't we still have secret prisons overseas somewhere? Throw them in those.

 

[Teacher Terry]

The problem is that the people committing these crimes are usually living overseas. In addition, some of the people are being held against their will and are beaten if they aren’t convincing at stealing people’s money. The senior committee I belong to holds seminars trying to educate people on these scams. The speakers are law enforcement officials and the seminars are always at capacity.

They showed a video of a man that was a high ranking official at one of our intelligence agencies and he was fooled when he was 85. He made the video to show people anyone can get taken. It probably has to do with not being so sharp in your later years.