Word: brandau
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There will be, if regulators and prosecutors in states from Florida to California get their way. Late last summer a federal grand jury in Florida indicted Frederick Brandau and his company, Financial Federated Title & Trust, for allegedly defrauding thousands of viatical investors across the country in an elaborate, $115 million Ponzi scheme. Brandau's attorney denies the allegations. Just a month ago, two officers of Justus Viatical, a Pompano Beach, Fla., firm, were charged with selling investors $2 million worth of fraudulently obtained life-insurance policies. Their lawyer calls the indictment a farce. And insurance heavyweights like American General...