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mellow99on Jun 10, 2011 2:33pm
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KITCO charged with MASSIVE TAX FRAUD !!!...
KITCO charged with MASSIVE TAX FRAUD !!!...ARTICLE BELOW FROM fINANCIAL TIMES...
On a personal note I have noted now for some time that the there were serious problems with the GOLD quotes, blamed mostly on internal problems...This smells of cover up...I wonder if this scheme also in some way interfered with their Gold Quotes??
Kitco Charged With Massive Tax Fraud Scheme, Business Viability In Question
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2011 09:37 -0400
Life for the precious metals dealer, and home of the often times infamous Jon Nadler, Kitco just got very ugly. "Claiming widespread tax fraud in the gold refining and trading sector, Revenue Quebec and police investigators this week conducted searches and seizures at 70 locations, mostly in the Montreal area. One of the targeted sites was the downtown Montreal location of Kitco, a major buyer and seller of gold. A note on the floor of its office on Thursday said that “operational constraints” had forced the service counter to close this week." It is unclear if this alleged tax fraud bust means Kitco could be out of business shortly, although based on the following statement it is somewhat difficult to have an optimistic outlook on the future employment prospects of said Mr. Nadler: "The company said it has asked Superior Court of Québec to appoint an interim receiver so that it may continue normal operations under the supervision of the accounting firm RSM Richter. The action was taken “to allow for the time required to vigorously contest Revenu Québec’s unfounded claims." At the heart of the allegation: "In a communique, Revenue Quebec said that by converting pure gold into a gold object and then refining it back into a pure state, some in the gold industry had used “artificial transactions” to obtain refunds of taxes that were never actually paid." Apparently Kitco was one of them. Oh well, we will miss the pretty charts.
From Financial Post: