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Precious metals dealers charged in fraud targeting elderly

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The defendants misappropriated most of the customers’ funds and only bought metals for a fraction of the money.

Dallas-based Damien Moran and the precious metals dealer companies Crown Bullion, Inc. and Bright Future Financial LLC (also d/b/a Oakhurst Metals) have all been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for fraudulently soliciting customers to buy precious metals in self-directed

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