The man and his company have been put into receivership in federal district court in Tennessee because enough customers and potential customers finally caught on to their essential dishonesty. And the resolution of an $80-million class-action suit against Bates and FAMC still hangs over them like the sword of Damocles.
Despite the weight of this legal action, it appears that a lot of individuals are still reeling from the effects of being cheated by Bates before his business ended.
Two of these stories we'll share here. A dear woman from Kansas contacted Anne Trimble, our principal, recently after her father passed away. She was helping to get her mother's affairs in order and came across some invoices from FAMC from 2009.
Without a word to their kids, this couple had actually gone ahead and provided Bates' business a half-million bucks. They purchased that value of gold from FAMC, but up to the present time, they have actually not received any of it.
These people ever received only a few coins of what they bought. It's true that they had asked FAMC to store their metals for them. But why can't FAMC produce those metals now?
The other story is of a lady who takes care of her quadriplegic boy. He was granted a large sum of money as compensation for a life-altering accident. Although they sent Larry Bates several hundred thousand dollars as far back as the year 2008, they never got any metals.
Together, in today's metal's prices, these two cases of fraud cover about $4 million.
By this point, it is probably becoming abundantly clear to you that the entire business model of FAMC is comparable to the infamous Ponzi scheme pulled off by Bernard Madoff. Although Bates' clients were scammed in lots of ways, what really upsets me is the front he used as a Christian financial planner and service, a deliberate ploy to appear to be someone of the Christian faith who could be trusted.
Anne continues to be horrified as she hears such devastating stories. Besides the raw sin involved, it reminds her of how she herself was victimized by another businessman who had claimed to be a Christian." He stole a half-million dollars, and the ministry operated by Anne and her husband, Jay Trimble, more than 20 years ago. She recounts that story in her biography, Faith Through the Flames.
Despite the weight of this legal action, it appears that a lot of individuals are still reeling from the effects of being cheated by Bates before his business ended.
Two of these stories we'll share here. A dear woman from Kansas contacted Anne Trimble, our principal, recently after her father passed away. She was helping to get her mother's affairs in order and came across some invoices from FAMC from 2009.
Without a word to their kids, this couple had actually gone ahead and provided Bates' business a half-million bucks. They purchased that value of gold from FAMC, but up to the present time, they have actually not received any of it.
These people ever received only a few coins of what they bought. It's true that they had asked FAMC to store their metals for them. But why can't FAMC produce those metals now?
The other story is of a lady who takes care of her quadriplegic boy. He was granted a large sum of money as compensation for a life-altering accident. Although they sent Larry Bates several hundred thousand dollars as far back as the year 2008, they never got any metals.
Together, in today's metal's prices, these two cases of fraud cover about $4 million.
By this point, it is probably becoming abundantly clear to you that the entire business model of FAMC is comparable to the infamous Ponzi scheme pulled off by Bernard Madoff. Although Bates' clients were scammed in lots of ways, what really upsets me is the front he used as a Christian financial planner and service, a deliberate ploy to appear to be someone of the Christian faith who could be trusted.
Anne continues to be horrified as she hears such devastating stories. Besides the raw sin involved, it reminds her of how she herself was victimized by another businessman who had claimed to be a Christian." He stole a half-million dollars, and the ministry operated by Anne and her husband, Jay Trimble, more than 20 years ago. She recounts that story in her biography, Faith Through the Flames.
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