SCOTT PATRICK KLOR, Former LPL Broker Fined in Life Settlement Involvement

SCOTT PATRICK KLOR (CRD#: 2493369), a former broker with LPL Financial of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was fined $5,000 on April 4, 2019, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.(FINRA) and suspended for 14 months for his alleged involvement in a life or viatical settlement, which was not disclosed to LPL. ("Life settlements" are securities which are structured when a life insurance policy "matures" after the insured individual dies and the benefits are then paid. Life settlement investors purchase interests in a life insurance policy and receive a share of the death benefit.)
Allegedly, with SCOTT PATRICK KLOR 's assistance, the investors formed a limited liability company (LLC) to purchase the policy for approximately $1.4 million. For his participation in this transaction, Mr. Klor received a 4% interest in the LLC.
According to FINRA, in 2012, SCOTT PATRICK KLOR solicited investors to purchase a variable life insurance policy on an elderly individual with a terminal illness. The transaction was structured as a viatical or life settlement, in which investors purchased the life insurance policy for an amount that exceeded the policy's surrender value but was less than the expected death benefit.
The insured remained alive for several years, and the LLC made quarterly premium payments on the policy and interest payments on the loan. When the insured died in August of 2017, the death benefit on the policy was less than the total amount invested, and each of the five majority members of the LLC lost over $200,000.
FINRA’s findings also stated that SCOTT PATRICK KLOR provided inaccurate responses on the firm's annual compliance questionnaires in which he answered “no” when asked whether he had ever participated in a viatical settlement or a joint venture involving the pooling of investor funds for a common purpose.
According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck, LPL discharged SCOTT PATRICK KLOR in May of 2017, saying that Klor violated firm policy regarding private securities transactions. Klor had been registered in the securities industry for 22 years and was listed with 5 firms, the most recent listed below:
03/15/2011 - 05/09/2017 LPL FINANCIAL LLC - FORT MILL, SC
09/10/2009 - 03/22/2011 UVEST FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. - DALLAS, TX
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