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$7 milliontaken from 40 people by one Massachusetts adviser selling life settlements

A Massachusetts insurance adviser took $7 million from 40 people for life settlements, prosecutors said, then let policies lapse by not paying the premiums; he got over eight years.

He also failed to repay investors when he sold policies, and the scheme ran from 2001 until 2011.

Source: Boston 25 News, from the Associated Press. Read more: life settlement fraud · case file

Sources

  1. Winthrop man sentenced to 8 years on fraud charges. Boston 25 News, from the Associated Press. Accessed 2026-10-28.