IRS Attacks CJA & CJA and Associates’ plans
Lance Wallach
Our tax resolution offices have been alerted that taxpayers are starting to be contacted by the IRS concerning plans in connection with CJA & CJA and Associates. If you are in any type of benefit plan, a plan having insurance, 419 plan, 412i, 412(e)(3), 419e, Welfare benefit plans, Prepare Plan, Titanium, Section 79, Captive Insurance or other CJA plan contact our office immediately for assistance.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT
DISTRICT OF
CONNECTICUT
U.S. TELEMANAGEMENT,
INC.,
:
DOCKET NO.
RONALD SCHEIBEL,
individually
and on behalf of the
U.S.
:
Telemanagement Inc.
Defined
Benefit Plan and the
U.S.
:
Telemanagement Inc. Welfare
Benefit
Trust, S. KENESTON
AND
:
ASSOCIATES, INC., and
SCOTT
KENESTON, individually
and
:
on behalf of the S. Keneston
Defined
Benefit
Plan,
:
Plaintiffs,
:
v.
:
FIDELITY SECURITY
LIFE
:
JULY 31,
2012
INSURANCE CO., CJA
ASSOCIATES,
INC., FIRST
ACTUARIAL
:
CORPORATION and THOMAS
THORNDIKE,
:
Defendants.
:
Class Action
Complaint
I.
Summary.
1.
This is a class action brought by
two small businesses that established
employee benefit plans and two
plan participants in those plans. They sue under §§ 502
(a)(2) and (a)(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C.
§§ 1132 (a)(2) and (a)(3), against
the fiduciaries who gave them investment advice and
administered these
plans.
Case 3:12-cv-01110 Document
1 Filed 08/01/12 Page 1 of 36
2.
Defendant Fidelity Security Life
Insurance Company (FSL) through its
agents defendants CJA Associates,
Inc. (CJA) and Thomas Thorndike
(Thorndike)(collectively
Defendants) used a pre-packaged program designed and
administered by CJA and defendant
First Actuarial Corporation (FAC) to induce the
Plaintiffs and other similarly
situated businesses to establish employee benefit programs
and invest plan trust assets in
FSL annuities. Pre-packaged recommendations
prepared
by CJA and
delivered by Thorndike promised the Plaintiffs and others that
investing
plan trust assets
in these annuities would yield large tax breaks for the businesses
and
secure large
retirement benefits for plan participants.
The information provided herein is not intended as legal, accounting, financial or any type of advice for any specific individual or other entity. You should contact an appropriate professional for any such advice.


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