In late 2024, Chrisanne Grimaldi was facing a common problem. The 60-year-old Denver resident was drowning in medical debt totaling $80,000 and needed cash to pay down her debt.
“I had a candelabra, an 18-karat gold necklace, a lot of sterling, odds and ends,” she told CBS News Colorado. “I think it was good stuff.”
So she located a jewelry store in the city’s Cherry Creek North neighborhood that bought precious metals by weight…