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Cases / Insurance-linked

Brendanwood Financial Brokerage LLC

Brian Simms

ReportedSep 22, 2022
LocationLebanon, IN
Amount$3,995,535

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Company / entity
Brendanwood Financial Brokerage LLC
Industry
Insurance products / purported investments
How investors were recruited
Induced existing clients to liquidate insurance products and reinvest with his company
Pitch & red flags
Told clients he would invest their money to "yield higher rates of return than their current investments"; urged them to cash out 401(k)s and life-insurance policies to reinvest with his firm; paid some with other investors' money presented as returns

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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