into. the year was 2006. desiree says as jim became harder to get along with it served to push away pam s attempts to be more involved with the company while her husband was ill. i could hear him bickering about the business on a daily basis. specifically? nothing specifically but little things here and there that needed to be changed. their disagreements grew daily and festered to the point where they separated. jim started spending more and more time at the ranch home. while the marriage was crumbling, federal prosecutors were taking a look at the booming gold trade business. they were looking for evidence of fraud, tax evasion and the transferring of money without the proper government license. pam s friend carol didn t want to see pam caught in a federal net. he called her to warn her. i told her she needed to get the money transmitter license 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 a legitimate company. that s all. you know? she just wanted to be on the up and up and she was going to tell jim even though they were separated. pam urged jim to apply for the licenses. he appears to have an addimently opposed to a move that would have opened the 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 let pam live the life she always wanted. pamela was a girl scout. she wanted to do it right. she knew they were making plenty of money. they were flush. they didn t need to worry about nickels and dimes here and there and she was also aware, i believe, that at some point the federal government was going to start looking very closely at