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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 February 2008 Grand Jury
11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) CR No. 08-
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12 Plaintiff, ) I N D I C T M E N T
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13 v. ) [18 U.S.C. § 1960: Operating
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14 JAMES MICHAEL FAYED, ) Transmitting Business]
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15 GOLDFINGER COIN & BULLION, )
INC., )
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Defendants. )
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20 The Grand Jury charges:
21 [18 U.S.C. § 1960]
22 Beginning at a time unknown and continuing through on or
23 about April 5, 2006, in Ventura County, within the Central
24 District of California, and elsewhere, defendants JAMES MICHAEL
25 FAYED and GOLDFINGER COIN & BULLION, INC., knowingly conducted,
26 controlled, managed, supervised, directed and owned at least part
27 of an unlicensed money transmitting business affecting interstate
28 and foreign commerce, with said business operating without an
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2 California Finance Code Sections 1800.3(a) and 1823, and failing
3 to comply with the money transmitting business registration
4 requirements under Title 31, United States Code, Section 5330,
5 and the regulations prescribed thereunder.
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FOREPERSON
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11 THOMAS P. O’BRIEN
United States Attorney
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Assistant United States Attorney
15 Chief, Criminal Division
16 MICHAEL ZWEIBACK
Assistant United States Attorney
17 Chief, Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section
18 WESLEY L. HSU
Assistant United States Attorney
19 Deputy Chief, Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section
20 MARK AVEIS
Assistant United States Attorney
21 Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section
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