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title: Nick Barthel
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![Nick Barthel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Barthel-Nick-web_1437f63098ff4f8cd2274d5388307864.jpg)

# Nick Barthel

Nick Barthel is the founding partner of *Barthel Legal, APC*, Carlsbad, where he represents victims of identity theft and other cyber-crimes. Barthel Legal focuses on helping these victims get out from under fraudulent debts and retrieve reimbursement from financial institutions. https://barthelbarthel.com.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Grandma’s bank account got hit by a fraudster](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Barthel-istock-1406899764_231b399f78f220df73321971821da870.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january/grandma-s-bank-account-got-hit-by-a-fraudster "Grandma’s bank account got hit by a fraudster")

## [Grandma’s bank account got hit by a fraudster](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january/grandma-s-bank-account-got-hit-by-a-fraudster "Grandma’s bank account got hit by a fraudster")

Federal and state laws that may help victims of elder fraud recover from financial institutions and credit-reporting agencies

[Nick Barthel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nick-barthel "Nick Barthel")

[2024 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-january)