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Dishonest coin and bullion dealers hide behind multiple layers of corporations. They regularly drain their companies of funds to support their lavish lifestyles. In many situations, the only way to successfully recover money paid to dealers engaging in coin or...

Six Vital Steps To Avoid Gold Coin Fraud. After thirty years of faithfully serving the public as a buyer and seller of precious metals and numismatic (collector) coins, Swiss America Trading Corp. is very concerned by the influx of gold dealers making false claims,...

A Federal Court Judge in Texas has issued her final ruling that a coin fraud victim’s estate should receive nearly $1.9 million from a Long Island coin dealer and his grading company under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO). The estate was...

Gold fraud scam artists prey on the elderly, courting prospective customers as if they are old friends by using scare tactic sales pitches. They also utilize misleading, and sometimes illegal, high-pressure sales tactics to misrepresent coin values, sell counterfeit...

Dishonest coin and precious metals dealers and telemarketers are creative and aggressive. There is no shortage of tricks they will use to sell coins or bullion to unwary investors at grossly inflated prices. Based on your unique experience dealing with a dishonest...

Edmond coin expert Paul Montgomery, president of Heartland Precious Metals, recently gave expert testimony in a case in Texas on purchasing coins that were either overvalued, damaged, or counterfeit. Paul Montgomery EDMOND — Edmond coin expert Paul Montgomery enjoys...

Editor’s Note: Paul Montgomery, past president of the Professional Numismatists Guild, and Lyn Stevens, a Texas-based attorney, made the news because of their role in the PCA/PCI coin fraud case in which over one million dollars was awarded to plaintiffs. Coin Update...

Here are five of the most damaging gold coin scams and what you can do to protect yourself. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) — With gold prices rising thanks to the economic and market chaos, the shiny yellow metal’s profit potential is drawing some unscrupulous gold scam...

PCA Collectibles, a New York company associated with the former PCI Coin Grading company, was found liable for nearly $1.9 million in damages based on the impression that coins sold to the plaintiffs were graded independently according to industry standards but...