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First American Monetary Consultants, Information Radio Network
Larry Bates, Charles Bates (aka Chuck Bates), Robert Bates
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- Company / entity
- First American Monetary Consultants, Information Radio Network
- Industry
- Gold and silver coin sales
- How investors were recruited
- Christians and elderly people via radio broadcasts (Information Radio Network); presented as a trusted Christian financial company
- Pitch & red flags
- Needed gold and silver for protection from "Mystery Babylon," an alleged coming economic, political and religious downturn
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Source
U.S. Department of Justice official
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