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Carson Jay Woods
AWC/2009021029616

Certain states implemented a LTC CE requirement that obligated financial advisors to complete a LTC CE course and exam before selling LTC insurance products.In order to assist financial advisors with the LTC CE requirement, Woods created an answer key for one state exam, distributed the answers for the exam to other firm representatives and distributed a portion of the answers for the exam to a non-firm employee.

Carson Jay Woods : Fiend $5,000; Suspended 60 days.

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