2024-05-28
40 分钟This is a CBC podcast.
Hi, I'm Suzanne Wilton, host of the $6 billion gold scam.
This gripping story has taken me from Canada to Indonesia on a hunt for the truth to find out why so many people invested so much in the hoax.
Fortunes were lost and lives were ruined.
And at the center of it all, a man who fell from a helicopter into the jungle.
It's such a great story of intrigue, mystery, and money.
You won't want to miss episode one.
You'll only get this episode here.
For the rest, search for the $6 billion gold scam first, a warning.
The following episode contains difficult subject matter, including references to suicide and death.
A man named Michael de Guzman is standing in front of a hotel mirror.
He's getting ready for a night out in a mining town in east Kalimantan, Indonesia.
De Guzman is a short, heavy set filipino man.
He combs his thick black hair to one side and opens up his silk black shirt to show off his 24 karat gold chain.
De Guzman wore a lot of gold.
It's the evening of March 18, 1997.
He heads to a karaoke bar, has a few drinks, sings his heart out to Frank Sinatra.
The next morning, Rudy Vega, de Guzman's colleague, knocks on his hotel door.
De Guzman opens the door.
He's disheveled, half awake.