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Problems at Platinum redux

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

I wrote last week about Platinum Protection suddenly laying off most of its employees. I’m still gathering information about what led to that abrupt Feb.

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Problems at Platinum

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Friday, February 3, 2012

Word is that Platinum Protection suddenly laid off almost all its employees yesterday. So, is the summer model sales company based in American Fork, Utah closing, filing for bankruptcy?

McGinn, Smith indicted on fraud charges

The new charges come just weeks before the alarm industry investors go on trial in civil court for alleged Ponzi scheme
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02/01/2012

ALBANY, N.Y.—Security industry investors Timothy McGinn and David L. Smith—already being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on a claim they bilked investors of at least $80 million in a Ponzi scheme—now are facing criminal charges that could send them to prison for years, if convicted.