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<\/iframe>The lawsuit stemming from our post from last year, “<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2009\/02\/10-confessions-of-a-cash4gold-employee.html\">10 Confessions Of A Cash4Gold Employee,<\/a>” is all over. At the beginning of February, Cash4Gold stopped suing the two ex-employees Michele Liberis and Vielka Nephew. And just this Sunday, the Florida Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloridalegal.com\/lit_ec.nsf\/investigations\/A0CC38A2D52881B585257674007087DA\">announced they’ve opened a civil investigation into Cash4Gold<\/a>. It seems you can still speak truth to power after all.<\/p>\n<p>Without any settlement,<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2009\/09\/cash4gold-drops-consumerist-from-lawsuit.html\"> Consumerist was dropped from the lawsuit back in September<\/a>, though the legal action did not deter us from <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2009\/09\/the-article-cash4gold-doesnt-want-you-to-read.html\">continuing to report the story<\/a>. ComplaintsBoard reached an out-of-court settlement and was dropped from the case. Where Michele Liberis’s original post was on their site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complaintsboard.com\/complaints\/cash4gold-c117648.html\">it now says<\/a>, “Due to several reasons the information has been removed.”<\/p>\n<p>Vielka Nephew said she was glad that the tribulations were over. “But unfortunately the stigma attached to the ordeal is another story. If you Google Michele or myself, we are forever associated with Cash4Gold,” she said, “as the ex-employees who were sued by their ex-employers for breach of contract.”<\/p>\n<p>“There is a pattern of complaints from consumers who allege that they are not paid nearly enough for the gold they send to Cash 4 Gold, some checks are as small as .07 cents,” said the Florida Attorney General in filing the case. Their announcement continued, “Consumers also state that they have contacted the company within the 10\/12 day period and were not satisfied with their checks and wanted their gold returned, only to be told it was already melted. Others allege that when they send the check back to the company for the return of their gold, the gold never arrives back. Numerous complaints allege that the company says they never received the gold or that the envelope was empty when it arrived.”<\/p>\n<p>Last month, NY Rep. Weiner <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/congressman-demands-ftc-probe-of-cash4gold.html\">called for an FTC investigation into Cash4Gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cash4Gold did not return Consumerist’s repeated requests for comment. However, they did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2010\/feb\/15\/attorney-generals-ofice-investigates-cash4gold\/\">tell the South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a>, “We are and will continue to be a leader on the partnership between law enforcement and the mail-in gold buying industry we pioneered.”<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUSLY<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/ben-popken-on-today-show-talkin-bout-mail-in-gold-places.html\">Ben Popken On Today Show: Beware Mail-In Gold Services<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/congressman-demands-ftc-probe-of-cash4gold.html\">Congressman Demands FTC Probe Of Cash4Gold<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5381412\/cash4gold-hit-with-racketeering-and-fraud-class-action-lawsuit\">Cash4Gold Hit With Racketeering And Fraud Class Action Lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5367209\/cash4gold-drops-consumerist-from-lawsuit\">Cash4Gold Drops Consumerist From Lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5362584\/cash4gold-threatened-jail-if-negative-comments-werent-removed\">Cash4Gold Threatened Jail If Negative Comments Weren’t Removed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5357682\/update-cash4gold-defendant-liberis-files-to-vacate-default\">Cash4Gold Defendant Liberis Files To Vacate Default<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5352214\/cash4gold-activates-magical-press-release-machine\">Cash4Gold Activates Magical Press Release Machine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5351087\/internet-alerted-to-our-cash4gold-investigation\">Internet Alerted To Our Cash4Gold Investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOCUMENTS AND LINKS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/Agreed%20Order%20of%20Voluntary%20Dismissal%20%28signed%29.PDF\">Agreed Order of Voluntary Dismissal<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/Agreed%20Order%20Dropping%20Def%20V.%20Nephew%20as%20Party.PDF\">Agreed Order Dropping Def V. Nephew as Party<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/nephew.pdf\">Defendant Vielka A. Nephew’s Motion To Dissolve Temporary Injunction<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/cash4goldcomplaintagainstconsumerist.pdf\">Complaint against Liberis, Consumerist, ComplaintsBoard<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/thevsuit.pdf\">Complaint against Nephew, Consumerist, ComplaintsBoard<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.complaintsboard.com\/complaints\/cash4gold-c117648.html\">ComplaintsBoard post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cockeyed.com\/citizen\/goldkit\/cheat.shtml\">Cockeyed post 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cockeyed.com\/citizen\/goldkit\/reputation.shtml\">Cockeyed post 2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pUYh-ytmXls\">Cash4Gold’s old TV ad<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TrNipeP4HvQ\">Cash4Gold Super Bowl Ad<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5144296\/10-confessions-of-a-cash4gold-employee\">10 Confessions of a Cash4Gold Employee<\/a> [Consumerist]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/technology\/2009\/02\/beneath-cash4go.html\">Beneath Cash4Gold.com’s shiny veneer, a dull reality<\/a> [LAT]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/blog\/null\/118748\">Beware Cash4Gold and other gold-buying ripoffs<\/a> [Yahoo! Tech]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/story?id=7125707&page=1\">Good Morning America<\/a> [GMA]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/5milliondots.com\/post\/2009\/02\/11\/Cash4Goldrsquo3bs-Public-Relations-Companies-Attorney-Accuses-Me-of-Defamation.aspx\">Cash4Gold’s Public Relations Companies Attorney Accuses Me of Defamation<\/a> [FMD Consumer Blog]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/playerIndex?id=7019908\">Nightline interviews Jeff Arononson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nkg5rpQzgyg\">Cash4Gold customer video about low checks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cash4gold.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/response-to-complaintsboard-article.html\">Cash4Gold’s blog response to ComplaintsBoard post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/firerecords.pdf\">Cash4Gold’s Fire Bureau citations<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/consumerist\/2009\/08\/policecall.jpg\">Police report on Cash4Gold’s 10\/03\/08 shutdown by city inspectors<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seflorida.bbb.org\/Business-Report\/Cash-4-Gold--16000679\">Cash4Gold BBB Report<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/consumerist\/2009\/08\/c4gpaystub.jpg%3EMichele%20Liberis%20paystub%3C\/a%3E%3Cbr%20\/%3E%3Ca%20href=http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/02\/%22>Cash4Gold’s Rush<\/a> [Florida Trend]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/firstcomplaint.pdf\">Original lawsuit against Liberis<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/orderonverified.pdf\">Order against Liberis<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/lrogs.pdf\">Liberis’ responses to Cash4Gold’s questions<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumermediallc.org\/files\/theinjunction.pdf\">Temporary injunction against Liberis<\/a> (PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumermediallc.org\/files\/liberis_motion.pdf\">Defendant Michele Liberis’ Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Default<\/a> (PDF)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lawsuit stemming from our post from last year, “10 Confessions Of A Cash4Gold Employee,” is all over. 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