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Jamie Smith
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- Company / entity
- American Platinum Gold & Silver Inc., American Independent Gold & Silver Inc.
- Industry
- Coin and precious metals brokerage
- How investors were recruited
- Contacted individuals, many elderly, offering to appraise, buy, trade or sell their coins
- Pitch & red flags
- Told clients their coins or money were "in the mail"; blamed "an employee embezzlement" for delays
Pitch phrases from this case
Source
U.S. Department of Justice official
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