TBlade: 2 missing gold coins might be in Australia [View All]

[seafan]

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The investigators said they plan to follow up on a lead that Michael Storeim, a former manager of an Ohio rare-coin subsidiary, traveled to Australia shortly after he reported the two Ohio-owned gold coins stolen in the mail in October, 2003.

"We've determined that, during the course of our investigation, he's made a trip to Australia shortly after the reported loss or theft of the coins," said Chris Nelson, lead investigator for the Jefferson County, Colorado, Sheriff's Office, which reopened its investigation into the Evergreen, Colo., operation amid new accusations last month. "It's just a path that has to be explored."

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In May, 2004, Kevin Lipton, a California coin dealer who partnered with Mr. Storeim on the transaction, told insurance investigators in a sworn deposition that there were concerns among colleagues that the Colorado coin trader had moved the coins overseas.

"I heard of some bizarre trips," Mr. Lipton said during the deposition. "I heard that Storeim decided to go to Australia for a day just so he could get more mileage on his account. And I was getting very uneasy, but I remember keeping my mouth shut."

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