Seeking Victim Information in Sterling Currency Group/Iraqi Dinar Investment Investigation

This questionnaire is intended for individuals who invested with Sterling Currency Group (which also did business as Dinar Banker and GID Associates).

The FBI and IRS are investigating individuals associated with Sterling Currency Group involving the sale of Iraqi dinar.

On October 9, 2018, the defendants Tyson Rhame, James Shaw, and Frank Bell were convicted of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Rhame and Bell were also convicted of making false statements to federal agents. The defendants were acquitted of money laundering charges.

If you purchased Iraqi dinar from Sterling Currency Group, please complete the below victim questionnaire.

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Questions

1. How much money did you invest with Sterling Currency Group? Include (a) the amount of money you spent at Sterling, (b) what currencies you purchased, (c) whether you ever received those foreign currencies, and (d) whether or not you participated in Sterling’s layaway program.

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2. Why did you invest in the Iraqi dinar (or other foreign currency) with Sterling Currency Group? Indicate whether the possibility of a revaluation, or RV, played a role in your investment decision, and if anyone at Sterling or elsewhere talked with you about the possibility of a revaluation.

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3. Why did you choose to invest with Sterling Currency Group?

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4. Were you familiar with Sterling’s plans to open up exchanges at airports after a revaluation? If yes, did you intend to use Sterling’s post-revaluation exchanges? How did these airport exchange plans make you feel about your investment decision?

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5. Did this investment cause you to suffer substantial financial hardship? If so, please explain the impact. (e.g., becoming insolvent, suffering substantial loss of retirement or other savings or investment funds, or making substantial changes to your employment, such as postponing retirement)

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6. Did you encourage anyone else (such as family members or friends) to invest?

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7. Do you have additional information to provide? (i.e., more than what will fit in the text limits of this questionnaire, supporting documentation, etc.)

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8. Are you willing to be contacted by the FBI and/or IRS for follow-up questions?

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Privacy Act Statement

The FBI is authorized to collect the information on this form by one or more of the following provisions: Title 28, United States Code, sections 533 and 534; Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, section 0.85; and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The information requested will assist the FBI in providing you with assistance to which crime victims are entitled under federal law. You do not have to provide the requested information; however, failure to do so may hinder the FBI in providing you with crime victim assistance. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Central Records System, DOJ/FBI-002, a description of which was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998) and which may be viewed at www.justice.gov/opcl/doj-systems-records#doj

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