The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Securities, through its Attorney General, jointly filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, against DefendantsGaylen Dean Rust(Rust) and Rust Rare Coin, Inc.(RRC) of Layton, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah, respectively.The Complaint charges Rust and his company RRC with defrauding at least 200 individuals — from Utah and at least 16 other states — and fraudulently obtaining more than $170 million from investors since May 2013 in a precious metals Ponzi scheme. ... (full story)