The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 5. Waiting for Michael

World Of Secrets

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On the ground at the Busang exploration site, the dream is collapsing and Bre-X geologist Michael de Guzman is needed for some major questioning. But where is he? As the hours tick by and he fails to arrive at Bre-X's site, news of a tragedy spreads. Those involved in the gold discovery need to get out of Indonesia and fast.

Since this episode was recorded, John McBeth has sadly passed away. We are very grateful for his contribution to this story.

Please note, this episode deals with upsetting scenes including suicide and contains some graphic details.

The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam was first published in May 2024.

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0:00.0	What do Selena Gomez, LeBron James and Martha Stewart all have in common?
0:06.2	Their lives and fortunes are all being discussed in season three of Good Bad Billionaire.
0:10.9	Yes, the podcast exploring the minds, the motives and the money of some of the world's wealthiest individuals is back.
0:16.9	I'm Zing Singh and I'm Simon Jack.
0:18.6	Each week we take a closer look At some of the world's mega rich
0:21.7	And try to decide together
0:23.3	Whether we think they're good, bad
0:25.0	Or just another billionaire
0:26.2	Good Bad Billionaire
0:27.4	Listen first on BBC Sounds
0:29.3	From the BBC's
0:32.0	Investigation's podcast World of Secrets
0:34.1	Here's the fifth episode
0:35.8	Of our guest season
0:36.9	The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam From the BBC World Service and CBC World of Secrets, here's the fifth episode of our guest season, the $6 billion gold scam
0:38.9	from the BBC World Service and CBC.
0:41.9	Over to Suzanne Wilton.
0:46.1	First, a warning.
0:48.5	The following episode contains difficult subject matter, including references to suicide, death, and descriptions
0:56.5	of serious injury.
0:59.5	It's the evening of March 12, 1997. The Breaks bosses are reeling from the bombshell that there
1:07.7	might not actually be any golden boo sayingsang. Not that it bothered Michael
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