In November, state agents arrested Eric Schmitt, of Fort Pierce, after discovering 50 gold coins had been stolen in 2015 from ...

In one case, a customer told investigators they paid a nearly $25,000 deposit for a set of gold coins in January 2024. The customer said they received a receipt but never got the coins.

Much more than a craftsman could earn in a year," he noted. The most valuable gold coins were wrapped in paper and labeled in a way that indicates the money belonged to the church treasury.