Dorothy Hill launches From the Hill to the Trenches: The Search for Justice with a shocking examination of elder financial exploitation—a crime that costs elderly Americans $32 billion annually, with 65% of these financial crimes committed by family members. Joined by Chuck Harold, a retired California Peace Officer with over 40 years in law enforcement, corporate security, and private investigations, podcast host Dorothy Hill explores Harold's personal battle against a family trustee who allegedly stole from Chuck's mother's century-old family trust. Harold, former head of security for Fox Broadcasting and Walt Disney Studios and creator/host of SecurityGuyTV.com with over 3,000 podcasts, discovered sophisticated financial crimes within his own family using professional investigative techniques. This episode reveals how criminals exploit vulnerable seniors through loan stacking schemes and judicial (court) fraud, while demonstrating practical steps that families can take to document elder financial exploitation cases and have them investigated by certain bank employees and law enforcement. Harold and Hill explore why traditional legal remedies often fail these elderly victims as well as how this type of financial crime intersects with money laundering investigations and financial institution reporting requirements. Harold draws from his extensive background in cybersecurity and decades of corporate security leadership.
[As mentioned during the Podcast episode]
Resources to Combat Elder Financial Exploitation:
https://www.ncoa.org/article/get-the-facts-on-elder-abuse/
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/elder-abuse
https://www.justice.gov/elderjustice/prosecutors/statutes
https://ncua.gov/newsroom/press-release/2024/agencies-issue-statement-elder-financial-exploitation/interagency-statement
https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/advisory/2022-06-