Gainesville police sting results in guilty verdict for $7 million fraud case

Brian Oliver hefted the cardboard box and stepped out of his Gainesville condo with a second-story view of Bivens Arm.

He walked down the staircase and out the building’s front door, down the brick sidewalk and into the parking lot. It was the middle of the afternoon, and a black Ford Mustang was waiting.

Oliver, 84, handed the driver the cardboard box with 68 gold coins and walked back inside. The coins were worth $198,560. Oliver was embroiled in a fraud scheme…

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