When a smoothtalking businessman came to a workingclass Australian suburb, his promises of a better life were intoxicating.

Many residents bought shares in the mining exploration company he spruiked. Almost all of them lost their hardearned cash.

Four Corners goes in pursuit of the elusive businessman and the missing money.

We meet investors who lost their life savings and hear from a company whistleblower who says his complaints to Australia’s financial regulator fell on deaf ears.

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