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The bizarre story of a billion-dollar gold scam

Veteran Jakarta-based journalist John McBeth and the Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon recall the bizarre story of the Bre-X gold scandal, when claims of a massive gold find in the jungles of Borneo by geologist Michael de Guzman turned out to be false.

(Photo: Gold bars, Credit: Getty Images)

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