Health Insurance Innovations, ex-CEO to pay $12M to settle fraud charges
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Aaron Nicodemus2022-07-20T20:04:00
Health Insurance Innovations and its former CEO Gavin Stockwell will pay a total of more than $12 million to settle SEC charges of misrepresenting the robustness of the company’s compliance program and misleading investors about customer complaints.
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