It's an issue that Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday says impacts every community throughout the commonwealth: senior citizens being taken advantage of and becoming victims of financial theft.

Now the attorney general's office is taking its efforts a step further and launching a new way to protect seniors.

Sunday announced at the state capitol building on Tuesday that his office is expanding its efforts to protect older Pennsylvanians by launching its Elder Exploitation Section.

"At the Attorney General's Office, we constantly field calls and complaints, dozens of them every month about seniors being harmed or possibly harmed in acts of fraud, theft and abuse. Now more than ever, seniors need strong advocates," Sunday said.

The section will focus on cases involving financial ex

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