BEYOND GOLD There is only Grey is the story of a fraud on
a massive scale, involving credit cards, property, banking.
As the recent Banking crisis clearly shows, the World is
vulnerable to these flaws, using the instant responses of
the internet to destabilise the whole system, and through
it, us. The governments of the World explained it all away
as just market forces, but then, they would say that,
wouldn't they? In reality, as shocking as it was, one man
orchestrated our downfall.. For those of us who want to
know, this whole story is a blueprint of how real fraud
works behind the scenes in all its fascinating but shocking
detail.

BEYOND GOLD there is only Grey

The phone rang on Jim Barton’s desk. Slightly irritated, Jim stopped working on his latest piece for The Times ‘Insight’ team, grabbed the phone and growled. 


The male voice on the other end of the line 


seemed unfazed by Jim’s brusque manner - the caller was Tom Parkins from Cazenove, the up- market City brokers. 


“Jim, it’s Tom here - I’ve been looking at this Germaine Rouse business as you asked me to - I can’t for the life of me see how they can justify the returns they claim, it’s just not feasible”. 


“Do you know what you’re saying to me?” said Jim, incredulous and interested now. 


“Of course I do,” said Tom, “But the returns they forecast aren’t just a little way off achievable, they’re miles out unless someone is carrying a loss”. “And we both know who that someone is, don’t we” said Jim, his voice suddenly serious. 


“Well” said Tom, “They’re not running the whole show for charity, are they?” 


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