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lucas ahser

The new “Wolf of Wall Street” is an influencer who sells gold to Republican seniors Part two of the series,  Mining for Silver on Facebook Lucas Asher  says in a YouTube video  that he’s an investor in tech world darlings like Spotify and Palantir. He’s founded a few startups of his own, including a music-sharing app called Revo. He admires Silicon Valley visionary billionaires like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. But he’s also the force behind a very different kind of company, Metals.com, according to former business associates, court documents, and internal company communications. Those sources say Metals.com is a  boiler-room-style operation , akin to the one depicted in the 2013 film  The Wolf of Wall Street , about one of the 1990s’ most infamous scammers, Jordan Belfort. The Beverly Hills-based Metals.com sells overpriced gold and silver coins to seniors, using a high-pressure pitch about impending economic doom. It’s an old-school scheme, bolstered by 21st-century methods: an elaborate sy