The U.K.’s financial services regulator has hit Prudential with a £23.8 million (U.S. $26.4 million) fine in a misselling scandal that put the pension pots of over 17,000 customers at “significant risk.”

Between July 2008 and September 2017, Prudential focused on selling annuities directly to existing pension holders who were approaching retirement.

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