Attorney General announces investigation unit for elder abuse

Attorney General Jason Miyares on Monday announced an effort from his office intended to protect elderly Virginia residents and prosecute those who see them as a potential paycheck. The initiative is being called the Elder Abuse Investigation Center for Central Virginia. Staffers with the center will hear potential cases of elder fraud, offer investigators and expert witnesses, and at times step in to prosecute cases themselves. “When you have these crimes, you have to have the resources to investigate them,” Miyares said. Those crimes include fraudsters using artificial intelligence to...