Excerpts from the Deposition of Robert Mizzoni in the Case Against Joseph Caramadre

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Channel: ProPublica · 2012 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The life insurance industry tried to make variable annuities irresistible to investors and was enraged when a Rhode Island lawyer exploited the fine print for his own profit.

In the U.S. government's case against that Rhode Island attorney, Joseph Caramadre, the prosecution persuaded a judge to allow it to take depositions of dying participants, including Robert Mizzoni, even though no charges had been filed at the time.

For more, read the full story at ProPublica: http://www.propublica.org/article/death-takes-a-policy-how-a-lawyer-exploited-the-fine-print

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