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State says firms deceived seniors

State officials on Thursday sued several financial planning firms and their executives for more than $110 million, accusing them of bilking thousands of elderly Californians by conning them into making sometimes ill-advised investments.

The firms named as defendants in the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, are Woodland Hills-based Family First Advanced Estate Planning, Family First Insurance Services, American Investors Life Insurance Co., Group Legal Services Inc. and attorney Thomas R. Lee of West Hills.

The lawsuit, brought by the offices of Attorney ...

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