Search warrant executed at DeKalb jewelry store as Texas authorities lead multi-state organized fraud investigation

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta jewelry store is one of three sites where a coordinated multi-state search warrant was executed Wednesday in connection with an organized fraud investigation.

The scheme, authorities said, involves laundering and gold melting, in what is commonly called the “gold bar scam.”

There was police activity unfolding at Malani Jewelers, which is located in a shopping center in the 700 block of DeKalb Industrial Way in DeKalb County. Texas authorities are leading the investigation. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, their officers were on scene assisting…

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