Combatting elder financial exploitation topic for town hall in Topeka; Mulvaney scheduled to speak

Combatting elder financial exploitation will be the focus of a June 8 public town hall in Topeka, Kansas, and will feature remarks by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, the agency said Wednesday. In a blog posting, the consumer bureau said also participating in the event (sponsored by BCFP) will be Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, followed by a discussion with representatives from the Attorney General’s Senior Consumer Protection Advisory Council. The event is scheduled to get underway at 9 a.m. (and run to 11 a.m.) at Washburn University (in the KBI Forensic Laboratory Lecture Hall, according to the bureau). Deadline to RSVP for the event is June 7.

BCFP Town Hall on Fighting Elder Financial Exploitation in Your Community