Fraud: Targeting America's Seniors : Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, August 4, 1999

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Page 58 - I urge you to prevent the addition of new earmarks off the top of the VOCA Fund. The National Center for Victims of Crime is the nation's largest nonprofit advocacy and resource organization serving victims of all crime. Since its founding in 1985, the National Center has worked with nearly 10,000 public and private nonprofit organizations and agencies across the country, and has provided information, support, and technical assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims, victim service providers,...
Page 33 - Sometimes the perpetrator is a loved one or their caregiver, and they don't want to get them in trouble. Sometimes, elders are not aware they have been defrauded or feel that reporting will do no good, or they don't want to bother the police. Sometimes, they are reluctant to confront their greatest fear - that they will be considered incompetent to handle their own financial affairs. By reporting, many feel they risk their independence.
Page 58 - THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME The National Center for Victims of Crime...
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Page 31 - FBI would result in enormous duplication of expenditures, not only at the Federal level. but also at the state level.
Page 33 - I believe as a nation, we have not faced this issue squarely— for two primary reasons. First - the elderly in this country are ignored. We live in a fastpaced, youth-oriented society. Elder issues are not high on the social agenda. Many of our parents and grandparents live their twilight years in isolation and loneliness. Second - policy debates about crime and its victims focus on victims of violent crime, virtually to the exclusion of victims of nonviolent property crimes.
Page 35 - ... even comfortable lifestyles collapse. Generally, senior citizens do not have the time or opportunity for financial recovery; their prime earning years are behind them. At a time in life when one tries to conserve assets, a blow to financial security is often a permanent and lifethreatening setback. Elder fraud victims often find their trust shattered. They doubt their judgment. They feel isolated, depressed, angry, and ashamed. These violations of trust compounded with the subsequent uncertainty...
Page 35 - We must do better, we must do more, and we must act soon. Older Americans served this country well. They deserve dignity and financial security, and yet they are too frequently robbed of both. We urge you to lead a national discussion on this problem and help construct effective responses. Our elders deserve no less. We pledge our continued support to you in these efforts.
Page 29 - I have felt that way about any boy, this is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me, I am so glad that I could cry.
Page 3 - The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:25 pm, in room SR-253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. John Ashcroft, presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Robert Taylor, Republican counsel; and Moses Boyd, Democratic senior counsel OPENING STATEMENT OF HON.

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