served to push away pam's attempts to be more involved with the company while her husband was ill. >> i could hear them bickering about the business on a daily basis. >> specifically? >> nothing in specific, but just little things here and there that needed to be changed. >> their disagreements grew daily and festered to the point where the couple separated. jim started spending more and more time at the ranch home in moorpark. and while the fayed marriage was crumbling, federal prosecutors were taking a look at the booming online gold trading business. they were looking for evidence of fraud, of tax evasion, and of the transferring of money without the proper government license. pam's friend carol did not want to see pam caught in a federal net. >> i called her to warn her. i told her she needed to get the money transmitter licenses. and you have to start that process. once you start that process, the feds can't touch you. >> carol says pam agreed. >> all she ever wanted was for a legitimate company.