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- Company / entity
- Livingston Group Asset Management Company (d/b/a Southport Capital), Horizon Private Equity III LLC
- Industry
- Private equity fund membership units
- How investors were recruited
- Elderly retirees, approached through relationships with advisers at Southport Capital; 400+ investors in 20 states
- Pitch & red flags
- Promised a safe investment with steady, fixed returns; claimed principal could be recovered without penalty after a brief waiting period
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