First published by Money Metals Exchange here: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2022/10/11/bullion-dealer-hit-with-serious-charges-big-banks-go-largely-unpunished-002608

Robert Leroy Higgins, owner of precious metals dealer Argent Asset Group and the First State Depository (FSD) in Delaware, is in hot water with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The agency accuses Higgins and his companies of misappropriating $7 million dollars in assets of over 200 clients through what is described as a “fraudulent silver leasing program.”