130 | Fool’s Gold?
Best Case Worst Case
X-G Productions
4.1 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A globe trotting gemologist goes to buy millions in gold in Africa, but things are not what they seem.
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| 0:00.0 | So it's just like doing a field test for cocaine. |
| 0:11.0 | So we get into the room and there are three other armed guards in the room. |
| 0:19.0 | You're in a foreign country, on a foreign continent that you've never been before. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello and welcome to the best case worst case. This is Jim Clemente, retired FBI profiler |
| 0:41.0 | former New York City prosecutor and writer producer of CBS's Criminal Minds. And with me today in the studio is... |
| 0:47.0 | Hi everybody, it's francy hakes, former state and federal prosecutor Jim. This is so exciting. There's been a couple of episodes that I've been forced to do without you. |
| 0:56.0 | And here we are together again. |
| 0:57.0 | Yeah well I know that was probably the bane of your existence. |
| 1:00.0 | Oh so difficult. |
| 1:01.0 | Yes I'm sure. But francy aren't you excited about today's guest? |
| 1:04.0 | I am, it is so unique, so unusual to have a guest like this. In fact I have to say it's a first. |
| 1:12.0 | So with us today in the studio is... |
| 1:14.0 | Z Boyachin. And I'm a gemologist and I've been a gemologist since 1980 and that's given me the chance to travel around the world. |
| 1:25.0 | And experience of looking at gems and understanding the dynamics of how the system is. |
| 1:32.0 | That's amazing. |
| 1:33.0 | Well it is amazing Jim and what's really interesting is that I don't know what part you're going to play here. |
| 1:38.0 | Because let's face it when it comes to bling that is all me. |
| 1:43.0 | Oh well francy you know every now and then I'm able to expand my horizons and see past all that dazzle that you wear every day. |
| 1:53.0 | But so let's let Z tell us where he was in his career when this particular instance happened. |
| 2:05.0 | I was a gemologist for 20 years and I was approached by some people to see if I'd be interested in buying gold in Africa. |
| 2:15.0 | In Africa? |
| 2:16.0 | Yes. |
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