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Viatical Cos. on the Hot Seat (listed by State)
Louisiana to North Carolina

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Louisiana

bullet Accelerated Benefits Corp. (01/02) &

Maryland

bulletAnswer Care, Inc. - fraudulent investments
bullet38% of policies canceled for fraud, resulting in investor loss of $2 million (02/02)
bulletCourt appointed receiver collected $750,000 of the $2 million to return to investors, continued to seek recovery of assets
 
bulletBeneficial Assistance (2002) &

Massachusetts

bullet Darrin J. Stafford, 34, of Gardner, Massachusetts sentenced for double fraud (cleansheeting and dirty sheeting), which netted him $550,000.

Michigan

bulletAccelerated Benefits Corp.'s local agents ('00) &
bullet Individuals sales agents:
bullet Jeffrey M. Connell ('99)
bulletRay McCleery ('99)
bulletTerence G. Buyze (10/00)
bullet Liberte Capital Group (4/99 and 8/00) &
bulletAnd the following sales agents:
bulletScott Ribbe (7/99)
bulletGregory Lee Woodring, CRD # 40771 (7/99)
bulletRay McCleery (7/99)
bulletDon Pollauf (7/99)
bulletKevin DeVries (8/99)
bulletNelson Haan (8/99)
bulletHugo Vlieger (8/99)
bulletNorman DeNooyer (8/99)
bulletSteven Wendt (8/99)
bulletMeagan Cran (9/99)
bulletCapital Resources of Grand Haven
bulletU.S. Capital Funding, Inc. (Lake Worth, FL) (04/00) &

Minnesota

bulletAlpha Capital Group LLC (1/01) &
bulletAnne DiLeo and local agents
bullet Dedicated Resources Inc. (03/02): unregistered sale of viatical contracts &
bullet Kelco, Inc. (07/01) &

Missouri

bulletAide the Living ('98) §
bulletAgents Clare W. and Scott Willman
bullet American Benefits Services, Raphael Ray Levy &
bulletAgents William J. Ramsey, Burgess & Assoc., Leonard Burgess, Denise Frey
bulletBeneficial Assistance (06/02) & agents William R. Tweedy & Christopher D. Menefee
bulletCapwill, Viatical Escrow Services & §
bullet Financial Federated Title and affiliates &
bullet Justus Viatical Group and Stephen F. Scott &
bullet Liberte Capital Group and J. Richard Jamieson ('98, '99) & §
bullet Life Options International and John M. Howard, Sr. ('98) & §
bullet Masters Group Marketing and its agent Brian Henderson
(NOTE: This marketing company and agent also sold ABS/FinFed Ponzi scam)
bullet Personal Choice Oppts. and Senior Resource Services (NOTE: The first multi-million dollar viatical Ponzi scam) & §
bullet Portfolio Liquidation Services ('98) §
bulletReliance Financial Group aka Reliance Program (03/03)
bullet J. Richard Jamieson  & § (Jamieson of Liberte Capital Group infamy)
bullet Senior Financial Services and Thomas Schlenk
bulletViaticals of America; Mansfield Viatical Management; Mansfield Corp., Viaticare Capital LP; Sterling Trust and the following individuals: (06/03)
bulletJohn David Jackson of Ontario, CA, sales agent
bulletMichael Mansfield

New York

bulletCoventry First (06) &
bullet Empire Viatical - federal fraud charges

North Carolina

bullet Ronald McDonald sentenced for clean-sheeting ('00)
bullet Sold policies to Future First &
bullet James Murray Allen sentenced to 30 mos. imprisonment, 3 yrs. probation, restitution (6/01)
bullet Carolyn Ann "Myriah" McGuire pleads guilty (6/01)
bullet Sentenced for sale of clean-sheeted policies to Empire State Viatical &
bulletOmni Advisor Group Inc., charged with violations of state securities law by Oregon, agrees to cease operations and to deposit $90,888 for eventual payout to Oregon residents. (02/05)
 
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