because of what they saw.

People in hazmat suits stand outside the Biological Research Center in Phoenix. ABC 15

Cwynar said his team stumbled on piles of "severed heads, hands, arms," a "cooler filled with male genitalia," as well as a woman's head sewn onto a man's body in a "Frankenstein" manner.

Philip Guyett, a former "body broker" told Insider's Alexandra Ma the "Frankenstein" creation could be a way to make up a full body's worth of ashes, so a family would think it was all one person.

33 plaintiffs are suing the center and owner Stephen Gore, claiming they were deceived about what happened to their relatives' bodies, saying some were sold for profit, and some to the US military for blast testing without consent.

The Biological Resource Center is seen inleading up to the company's collapse.

The SEC alleged Modany and Fitzpatrick failed to disclose that ITT was on the hook for mounting student loans that the company had guaranteed. The company's stock price fell by two-thirds in 2014 as ITT revealed tens of millions of dollars in losses on those loans, according to the SEC.

Neither Modany nor Fitzpatrick admitted wrongdoing, but they agreed to penalties and a five-year ban on serving as officers or directors of public companies.

The former executives settled their cases ahead of a trial that was scheduled to start Monday. Modany said he was unavailable to comment. Fredric Firestone, an attorney representing Fitzpatrick, said his client is "pleased to put this matter behind him."

For Modany, the settlement with the SEC resolves one legal matter as