Hundreds of Virginia seniors financially exploited every year

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"According to Virginia Adult Protective Services (APS), in 2017 there were 27,105 reports of adult abuse, neglect and/or exploitation, 55 percent of which were substantiated. Of the 27,000 reports, 1,394 were specifically related to financial exploitation.

"We have seen an increase in the abuse, neglect and exploitation of the elderly,” said Ryan Crilly, Senior Family Services Specialist for Lynchburg’s local office of APS.

Crilly said that when he first started working with department five years ago, his office would see about five cases a month. Now his office averages about 10 cases of exploitation a month."