Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski said “The defendants and others allegedly engaged in a massive, multiyear scheme to manipulate the market for precious metals futures contracts and defraud market participants”
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Precious Metals Scam Reports
The following Scam Reports are filed in the Precious Metals Investing category.
Celebrity Endorsement Scams
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Gold Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Charged
Defendants Allegedly Fraudulently Solicited and Received more than $4 Million from Customers in Connection with Purported Gold Sales
Success Bullion Fraudster Pleads Guilty
Defendant received at least $550,000 from the scheme and acknowledged the proceeds were sent to a bank account he controlled in Belize.
CFTC Guide to Precious Metals Fraud
The following information is designed to notify you about tricky promises of easy profits from rising prices in precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium, and platinum.
$9.8 Million Returned to Death-Row Inmate’s Bullion Customers
Bullion company owner is on California’s death row in relation to a separate investigation and conviction in state court for contracting with hitmen who murdered his wife in 2008.
$90 Million Silver Bullion Ponzi Scheme
Defendants are alleged to have fraudulently sold contracts of sale of silver in a nationwide scheme. $90 million Ponzi scheme, in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations.
Gold Coast Bullion Ordered to Pay $9.6M For Fraud
The CFTC Order requires Gold Coast Bullion to pay restitution totaling $5,940,124.16 and a civil monetary penalty of $3.75 million. In addition, the Order imposes permanent registration and trading bans.
American Bullion Exchange in $5.5M Bullion Fraud Charge
Defendants are alleged to have solicited approximately $5.5 million from at least 80 customers to invest in precious metals, including gold, palladium, platinum, silver bullion and gold and silver coins