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\"SECThe elder financial fraud allegations reportedly cost elderly investors over $1M of retirement savings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Once a prominent Methodist pastor in Houston, Texas, Kirbyjon Caldwell is now charged<\/a><\/span> by the SEC with numerous counts of money laundering and wire fraud. The charges are directly related to a scheme Caldwell and his partner, Gregory Alan Smith \u2013 a self-proclaimed financial advisor who was also charged \u2013 allegedly used to defraud elderly investors by selling them an interest in defunct, pre-Revolutionary Chinese bonds.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that in 2013 and 2014, Caldwell and Smith singled out vulnerable investors to invest in bonds that had no more value than being collectible memorabilia \u2013 promising instead that they were worth millions.<\/p>\n

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The elder financial fraud allegations reportedly cost elderly investors over $1M of retirement savings Once a prominent Methodist pastor in Houston, Texas, Kirbyjon Caldwell is now charged by the SEC with numerous counts of money laundering and wire fraud. 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