Two Men Sentenced in Texas Securities Case Involving $30 Million Promissory Note Fraud that Bilked Investors Via Ponzi Scam

In Harris County state District Court, two men have received prison terms of a decade each for running a Texas Ponzi scam that involved life insurance policy death benefits. Gregory F. Jablonski and Howard Glen Judah are accused of orchestrating a nearly $30M scam involving their National Life Settlements LLC, which sold securities that weren’t registered and which they falsely claimed were benefits-backed. Both of them pleaded guilty to selling an unregistered security and securities fraud.

Investors with National Life Settlements were paid using the money of new investors. The company made false promises, causing customers that they would get an 8-10% yearly return through the promissory notes. Active and retired state employees were among those targeted, and millions of dollars were taken from retirement plans and invested through the firm.

The National Life Settlements used insurance agents, many of whom did not have securities dealer licenses, as it sellers. The agents would go on to make $4M commissions.

The state says that Judah and Jablonski did not get the life insurance policies they needed so they could investors. They two of them also falsely told investors that the Federal Reserve had given their firm billions of dollars. After an undercover probe led to the placing of National Life Settlements into receivership, investors got 69% of their money back.

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PROMOTERS OF DEATH BENEFITS FRAUD SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, Texas State Securities Board, February 20, 2013

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