Category Archives: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Colorado Man Gets 27 Months for Africa Gold Scheme

By United States Attorney’s Office, District of Montana ……   On Monday, November 7, 2022, a Colorado man who admitted to defrauding a Montana family of $391,280 USD by purporting to invest the money in gold in Africa was sentenced to 27 months in prison and fined $5,000, to be followed by three years of […]

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Former LAX Cargo Handler Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Gold Bars

By United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California ……   A former cargo handling company employee at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was sentenced on Monday, June 27, 2022, to 12 months in federal prison for stealing four gold bars that were part of a larger shipment headed from Australia to New York. Marlon […]

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CEO of Florida Armored Transport Company Pleads Guilty in Dirty Gold Scheme

By United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida ……   Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, pled guilty yesterday to submitting false customs documents that hid the true origin of gold being imported into Miami as part […]

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CEO of Florida Armored Transport Company Charged in Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy

By United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida …… South Florida federal prosecutors have charged a Miami-Dade County business owner with facilitating a $140 million transnational illicit gold smuggling operation aimed at laundering cash with alleged ties to criminal activity. According to the criminal complaint affidavit unsealed on June 22, Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., […]

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Cargo Handlers at LAX Plead Guilty to Stealing Four Gold Bars Headed From Australia to New York

By United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California …… Two cargo handling company employees who worked at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) each pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing four gold bars that were part of a larger shipment headed from Australia to New York. Marlon Moody, 38, and Brian […]

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United States and Cooperating Gold Refinery Enter Agreement After Money Laundering Investigation

By Federal Bureau of Investigation …… Miami-based, gold refinery Republic Metals Corporation (RMC) executed a non-prosecution agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida after cooperating in an investigation focusing on money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act in the gold importation and refining industry. Under the terms […]

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Oregon Man Sentenced to Seven Years Federal Prison for Defrauding Investors in Ohio Gold Mine

By Federal Bureau of Investigation ……   Harry Dean Proudfoot III, 79, formerly a resident of Tigard, Oregon, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 9, to 84 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for running a fraudulent gold mining investment scheme and stealing approximately $4 million from more than 140 investors. According to […]

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Four Peruvian Members of Multi-Billion Dollar, International Gold Money Laundering Scheme Indicted

By Federal Bureau of Investigation …. EDITORS NOTE – CoinWeek reported on this investigation on April 17, 2017. You can read that article here ….. Four Peruvian citizens were indicted for their alleged involvement in a multi-billion dollar, international gold money laundering scheme. On November 16, 2017, Pedro David Perez Miranda, a/k/a “Peter Ferrari,” a/k/a “Peter,” […]

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PNG member helps FBI nab theft suspects

All dealers should be cautious about possible long-term ramifications of cashing fraudulent checks
(Temecula, California) December 19, 2017 — A long-time member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in solving a case involving an attempt by suspected thieves to purchase $2 million of gold using a bank check with the forged signature of a deceased New York City woman.
It is a cautionary tale for all dealers about the potential long-term effects of cashing a fraudulent check, even if they first verified the account with the bank

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PNG member helps FBI nab theft suspects

All dealers should be cautious about possible long-term ramifications of cashing fraudulent checks
(Temecula, California) December 19, 2017 — A long-time member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in solving a case involving an attempt by suspected thieves to purchase $2 million of gold using a bank check with the forged signature of a deceased New York City woman.
It is a cautionary tale for all dealers about the potential long-term effects of cashing a fraudulent check, even if they first verified the account with the bank

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Longtime Con Man Gets 8 Years in Federal Prison for $3 Million Gold Investment Scheme

By Federal Bureau of Investigation ….   A Beverly Hills man who has a long history of swindling investors and admitted most recently to participating in a scheme involving bogus gold contracts – and giving fake gold bars as “collateral” to victims – has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison. Mark Ross Weinberg, […]

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FBI: Man Pleads Guilty To Coin And Jewelry Store Armed Robbery

By Federal Bureau of Investigation ….   A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty on May 17 to robbing a coin and jewelry store while pointing a gun at the elderly store owner and a customer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. Noah Patrick Fields, 22, pleaded guilty to one […]

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FBI: Former New Jersey Coin Dealer Admits Identity Theft, Income Tax Evasion

By Federal Bureau of Investigation …. A former resident of Old Tappan, New Jersey, today admitted evading personal income taxes on more than $400,000 in income in 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. William Dominick, 68, of Collier County, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton federal court to […]

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Gold & Silver PAC October 2016 e-Newsletter

By Scott Barman for the Gold & Silver Political Action Committee ….. From the Political Coordinator Every four years we elect a president and vice president. By definition, elections are politically motivated exercises and candidates look to convince you to elect them and not their opponent. I used an opportunity to have a discussion about […]

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