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Charles Huggins, Christopher Butchko, Anne Thomas
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- Company / entity
- JYork Industries Inc., Urogo Inc., Orpheus Inc., VASNC Pvt Ltd., Oraco Resources
- Industry
- Gold and diamond mining in West Africa
- How investors were recruited
- Direct solicitation through the named companies
- Pitch & red flags
- Promised "high rates of return" based on profits from selling gold and diamonds in the United States; complaining investors had investments converted into restricted Oraco Resources shares
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