Tag: Safeguard Metals

U.S. CFTC And State Regulators Enter Consent Order In $68 Million Fraud Targeting The Elderly

CFTC tamir - October 25, 2023

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and 30 state securities regulators have declared a consent order against Safeguard Metals LLC and Jeffrey Ikahn a/k/a Jeffrey Santulan. They were found responsible for a nationwide fraudulent operation amounting to $68 million, which involved deceptively overpriced silver coin sales primarily targeting the elderly and those nearing retirement.

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