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David Steven Forman
OS/2007007989901

Forman participated in the sale of a $5 million life insurance policy to a trust and took control of the policy. Forman informed the trustee that the trust might obtain more money by selling the policy than by redeeming it for its cash value after notification was received that the policy would lapse for failure to pay premiums. Forman participated in sending premium payments to avoid a lapse in the policy without the trustee’s knowledge or consent, facilitated the sale of the policy with forged and falsified documents, and retained the entire amount of the sale proceeds, approximately $942,000, for himself and another individual. No portion of the sale proceeds was paid to the customers or the trust.

David Steven Forman: Barred

Tags: Forgery  Policy Lapse