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ANA Alleges Theft in New Court Filing
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By David L. Ganz, Numismatic News May 28, 2009 Newest development in the litigation wars between the ANA and its fired executive director Christopher Cipoletti: the American Numismatic Association now says he committed civil fraud and stole thousands of dollars from the organization in papers filed with El Paso County Court on May 19. |
Alleged Coin Fraud Strikes eBay
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04/19/01 8:19 AM PT By Michael Mahoney Several eBay customers complained about eBay's handling of the most recent massive fraud on the auction site, saying eBay knew about the problem and took too long to shut it down. |
5 charged for selling fake gold bar
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05/28/2008 CEBU CITY, Philippines – All that glitters is not gold. This line from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, written 500 years ago, proved to be an expensive lesson for an antique buyer in Barangay (village) Lahug, Cebu City, who gave a downpayment of P60,000 for a gold bar said to be worth P500,000. |
PCGS Helps Police Arrest Counterfeit Coin Suspect
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By PCGS on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Information provided to Northern California law enforcement authorities by Professional Coin Grading Service led to the arrest of a suspect who is now under investigation in connection with the sales of fraudulently altered Morgan dollars in tampered PCGS holders for nearly $300,000. |
COIN DEALER AGREES TO TURN OVER SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS
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March 1992 T.G. Morgan, Inc. and its president, Michael W. Blodgett, have agreed to turn over several million dollars in assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely represented rare coins they sold to consumers to be good investments and an effective means of preserving wealth in a liquid form. |