When a smooth-talking businessman came to a working-class 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 hard-earned 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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