Life Partners to Exit Bankruptcy With Vida Capital Support

Nov. 1, 2016, 10:14 PM UTC

Life Partners Holdings Inc., which collapsed amid accusations that it defrauded investors, will end its tumultuous bankruptcy by putting a Texas-based investment firm in charge of its so-called life settlement business (In re Life Partners Holdings Inc.order).

Life Partners sold investors the right to collect on life insurance polices that the sick and elderly exchanged for up-front payments. The business ran into trouble after the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged the Waco, Texas-based company made false and misleading regulatory filings.

In January 2015, Life Partners filed for bankruptcy to avoid a $46 million judgment against it and its chief ...

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