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Life Partners Holdings Inc., its CEO Brian D. Pardo, and general counsel R. Scott Peden must pay $46.9M in penalties and disgorgement. This is the final judgment in the wake of a verdict in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil case. The jury found them liable for submitting securities filings that were misleading and untrue. Life Partners sells life insurance investments.

U.S. District Judge James Nowlin, in his judgment, said that oversight and compliance at the Texas-based company “were non-existent.” He accused the defendants of serious violations of securities laws.

The judgment is a partial vindication for the SEC. After the verdict was issued earlier this year, both sides declared the outcome a victory for each.