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kwjyibo t1_iwgbr9k wrote

Reply to comment by Justme100001 in TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted. by jamescookenotthatone

"Jumped" from a helicopter eh...

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07hogada t1_iwgshhy wrote

From the wiki:

>The fraud began to unravel rapidly on March 19, 1997, when Filipino Bre-X geologist Michael de Guzman reportedly committed suicide by jumping from a helicopter in Indonesia. A body was found four days later in the jungle, missing the hands and feet, "surgically removed".

That's as much a suicide as a russian falling from a window, onto two bullets in the back of the head.

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FrankDrakman t1_iwju526 wrote

Or Gary Webb, who was about to testify about the US gov't running drugs through Arkansas while Bill C. was governor, who suicided himself with two bullets to the back of the head.

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