NU Online News Service, Jan. 5, 3:52 p.m. EST

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced today that he has launched a criminal probe of M. Clark Fain, III, who headed the now-liquidated workers' compensation insurer Southeastern U.S. Insurance, Inc. (SEUS).

Mr. Oxendine said in a statement he had directed his Fraud Unit to investigate the business practices of Mr. Fain, who presided over SEUS as chief executive officer when the company made a "questionable" $10 million investment in a quail hunting club it owned in Seminole County, when the company was in no financial condition to make such an investment. The transaction was done without proper regulatory approval, explained the commissioner.

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