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Viatical Cos. on the Hot Seat
(
listed by State) - p.6
§ = see Viatical Settlements: An Investor's Guide
&
= see other states
 

Utah

bulletOmni Advisor Group &
bulletThe company, 3 principals and 3 employees charged with securities fraud and other violations (08/02)
bulletAttorney General files suit against Brian P. McGuane, formerly of North Carolina and other managers, charging multiple felony counts for selling bogus investments (03/03)
bulletAlso see Iowa, Wisconsin, and Oregon

Virginia

bullet Accelerated Benefits Corp.  (7/01 - 12/01) &
bulletAmerican Title Co. of Orlando
bulletDr. Jess LaMonda
bulletDavid S. Piercefield
bulletJohn C. Tesbeck, Jr.
bulletTimothy Fadool
bulletVincent J. Mazza III
bulletRobert A. Shue
bulletDale T. Butler
bulletMatthew C. Yesbeck
bulletJohn C. Gauss
bulletChristopher R. Wright
bulletAndrew P. Maslich
bulletScott Albertson
bulletCharles Shomo
bulletCardinal Holding Co. (see below, South-Central Family First. Co.)
bulletSouth-Central Family First Co.-- Terry Young, 50, who used this company and Cardinal Holding to pocket $2. 4 million, pled guilty to mail fraud and unlawful monetary transactions, sentenced to 4 yrs. and 3 months and ordered to pay restitution. (This was a federal indictment.) (03/02)

Washington

bullet Alpha Capital Group &
bulletAnne DiLeo, Lynn Gordon, LInda Demiero-Stull, Robert Stull, Joseph Voutour,James Metcalf, Donald Johnson, Alan Goode, Michael B. Russell
bullet Beneficial Assistance (a/k/a Imtek) (11/99 and 12/01) &
bulletWillam R. Evans, Chartered
bulletDaniel Curtin
bulletFrederick Weatherbee
bulletPenny Hansen
bulletGlen Ottmar
bulletSteven Monroe
bulletRoger Grossbohlin
bullettheir agents and employees
bullet Charles (Chuck) Cole and Corinne Harman (see, Viaticalsettlements.com) &
bullet Imtek Corp. d/b/a Beneficial Assistance (see Beneficial Assistance) &
bulletMG Insurance Services
bulletAgent Richard J. Foster
bulletSales agent R. Gary Ames (8/99)
bulletNewcastle Financial Group, Inc (99-00)
bulletPeter W. Woodbridge of Renton
bulletSold viatical investments from Dedicated Resources, Inc. and Legacy Capital, Inc. as well as allegedly bogus CDs, promissory notes, payphone partnerships
bulletOgren & Assoc. and Carl Ogren
bulletSold investments for Paragon and Reliance through new company they formed, "Viatical Associates" &
bullet Reliance Financial Group, The &
bullet Paragon Capital Group of FL (was: American Benefits Group) &
bullet Viatical Capital Inc. of Sarasota, FL &
bullet Viatical Funding LLC of Nevada &
bullet Viatical Marketing Inc., of Sarasota, FL  and Nevada &
NOTE: The last three companies are under the control of York and Coyne (see Wisconsin, below)
bullet viaticalsettlements.com, acting through Charles S. Cole and Corinne Harman, falsely represented to the public that it was licensed to act as a viatical settlement broker in Washington and the statement remained on the web site even after it was called to the attention of Cole and Harman by the Commissioner. (9/00) &

Wisconsin

bullet Alpha Capital Group and Anne DiLeo (10/00) &
bullet Accelerated Benefits Corp. and Jess LaMonda (10/02) &
bullet American Benefits Group, Inc. a/k/a American Senior Benefits, Inc. (of PA and IL) (8/01) &
bulletLancaster Annuity Services Co. Inc. (of IL)
bulletTerry L. Spirk
bulletGary J. Spirk
bulletSheelah K. Hanson
bulletV. Paul Duval
bulletGerald E. Sonneson
bulletThese orders refer to sales of promissory notes and stock, but the companies have been named in other states for sales of viatical investment contracts.
bullet Beneficial Assistance / Beneficial Assurance (02/03) &
bulletAgent Judy Kolton a/k/a Judy Koltun Jungen a/k/a Judy Jungen (06/02)
bulletAgent Leroy Avery (01/03) who also sold viatical investments from The Lifeline Program, ALI Funding, Viatical Solutions Inc., Liberte Capital Group., AMG, Inc.
bullet Dedicated Resources local agent Jeffrey Buck, of Apple Valley, MN (2/00) &
bulletIndividual Agents:
bulletJames T. O'Connor, age 56, currently of Blue Bell, PA (06/02)
bulletDaniel L. Kouba, for selling PCO (the first viatical Ponzi) (04/98) §
bullet Clare O. Carpenter ("Cash for Life")
bulletIn connection with investigation of Rolland Nielson (see below) (12/00)
bulletCarpenter doesn't want people to think "I'm a bad guy." (hearing transcript pages 17, 18, 87)
bulletRolland Nielson, Innovative Securities Inc., sold contestable policies from various companies (01/01) To find out what is wrong with contestables, read the book.
bulletRoger A. Mathison of Chippewa Falls (05/02)
bullet Liberte Capital Group LLC ( 02/03) &
bulletJ. Richard Jamieson
bulletViatical Escrow Services LLC
bulletJames A. Capwill, CPA
bulletAgent Anthony Fricano
bulletGeorge Otto, securities agent, sold contestables that insured a 77 year old man and an 84 year old woman. Face amounts ranged from $1-2.5 million. (4/24/01)
bulletOmni Advisors (03/03) &
bulletBrian P. McGuane of California
bulletKevin E. Sullivan
bullet Trade Partners, Inc. (TPI) (also see Indiana) &
bulletTPI Grand Trust
bulletThomas J. Smith
bulletChristine M. Zmudka
bulletJohn M. Wermuth (10/02)
bullet Viatical Capital Inc. &
bulletC. Douglas York, R. Kingston Coyne of Sarasota, FL &
bullet Viatical Funding LLC of Sarasota, Fl and Nevada  &
bulletWisconsin agent John P. Schmelzele

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