FOIA Request Reveals (1) US Mint Issuance Of Fake 2021 American Gold Eagle Coins And (2) Exaggerated Use Of Crypto Used By Hamas
Treasury’s inspector general wrapped up an investigation sparked after it learned that a coin dealer may have been selling US Mint “error coins” that weren’t lawfully issued. After the inspector general tracked down the dealer, its investigation probed whether a former senior US Mint official was involved in the scheme.
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The IG wasn’t able to determine if the coins sold were actually stolen error coins. The IG referred the coin dealer to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota for criminal prosecution on Feb. 24, 2022. Prosecutors declined to pursue it and the case was closed.
The IG’s investigation concluded that the coins in question “were struck with a West Point ‘W’ mint mark and distributed in error” by the US Mint.
Exaggerated Use Of Crypto Used By Hamas
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, said that although Hamas and other terror groups still largely prefer “traditional financial products,” he worries that won’t always be the case.
Some Republican members of Congress accused the Biden administration of scapegoating crypto. Representative Tom Emmer, a Republican member of the House Financial Services committee, said there’s no urgent need to grant Treasury any new tools, in part because he believes reports of Hamas using crypto are exaggerated.
For some reason Treasury won’t release the report that allegedly says, according to the Journal, that Treasury is investigating $165 million in crypto transactions directed to Hamas.
The division that prepared the report, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, withheld it in its entirety because it contains information “pertaining to monetary instruments transactions” protected from disclosure under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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