have been adamantly opposed to a move that would have essentially opened goldfinger s books to scrutiny by the federal government. pam decided she was not going to allow jim to roll the dice on their business. the business that had let pam live the life she had always wanted. pamela was a girl scout. she wanted to do it right. pamela knew that they were making plenty of money. they as a family, the fayed family, were flush. they didn t need to worry about nickels and dimes here and there. she was also aware, i believe, that at some point the federal government was going to start looking very closely at them. they couldn t continue building this business on this international scale without someone taking a look. and so pamela s idea was, let s do it right. let s cross our t s, let s dot our i s let s get the money licensing. her husband said absolutely not.
would know anything the better. now, with a confession on tape, both jim fayed and josé moya were charged with pam s murder. but there was more work to be done in order to track down the others involved. it seems like you pretty quickly fixed on mr. fayed as the only suspect here. and the only question was, since it wasn t his hand on the knife, whose hand was it and how do you connect that person to him? correct. and the first thing we noticed was that there was three individuals in the vehicle that was registered to mr. fayed s company. so we knew we had three additional suspects besides mr. fayed. now the only question was how do we tie those three to mr. fayed? that was done through cell phone searches and also cell site coordination. it would take more than a year to identify and charge two more suspects with murder. in june 2010 steven simmons and gabriel marquez were arrested. prosecutors say jim didn t know
join tjosh mankiewicz:eople takijim and pam fayedvacy had staked their claim in the online gold trading business. financial woes eased with their growing business success, but their relationship began to crumble under the weight of newfound wealth. here again is josh mankiewicz. jim and pam fayed had staked their claim in the online gold trading business. they began by buying old gold coins and selling them at a profit. then they expanded, setting up what was essentially a small bank, storing gold for customers, and allowing them to borrow against it. the market grew. and so did the bottom line. pam s best friend, carol neve. they went to gold shows, trade shows in las vegas, san diego, do all the meet and greet kind of thing. pam was very good at that. she was very charming. jim was more the laid-back, stay away, sit in the booth. the timing was good. in 2001
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 s 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. that s all. she just wanted to be on the up and up. she was going to tell jim, even though they were separated. pam urged jim to apply for the licenses. he appears to
eyes. she stood, and she walked toward him, even after having suffered these horrible, mortal wounds, and she reached out her arms and simply said help me. it was too late for anyone to help pam. paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. century city is only 176 acres. its gleaming office towers and high-dollar townhomes lying entirely within the city of los and what makes this place run is money, because century city is home to agents, film producers and usually around here when someone talks about bloody murder, they re talking about a deal that went this time it was the real thing. the lead detective for the lapd investigating pam fayed s murder was salaam abdul-rahman. mrs. fayed wasn t robbed. no she wasn t.