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Branson theater owners ordered to pay for illegal investment pitches

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A final order issued in June by Matt Kitzi, commissioner of securities for Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, signals the closing of a case against Larry and Gwendolyn King, of Branson.

The Kings, who own King’s Country Music Show and the Lit’l Nashville Opry, were ordered to pay penalties and investigation costs of $24,715 for making investment pitches to audience members at their shows and persuading individuals to invest more than $160,000 in the shows between 2000 and 2005.

The order also prohibits the Kings from offering unregistered securities in the future.

“Taking advantage of investors the way these individuals did is wrong – and it’s illegal,” Carnahan said in a news release.

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