i knew that we were well off but not to the millionaire status. one thing their income did mean was that pam could be a full time mom. something she had always dreamed of. she wanted to be able to stay home and raise her kids, work if she wanted to, when she wanted to, which is part of owning your own company. and jim liked it that way too. he may have liked that a little too much. though pam was the vice president of goldfinger coin and bullion, jim was the president and he loved the sound of that and liked controlling every aspect of the business. he was originally a really humble guy and as the business grew so did his ego and changed the person he was into thinking almost as if he was someone that was invincible. until one day he discovered he wasn t. his health started to slip. he developed arthritis and started take ago i lot of pills
story or boy meets girl, but instead it s a love story where boy meets gold. it s that greed, that love of gold, that caused this man, james michael fayed, to have his wife murdered for financial gain. prosecutors offered this snapshot of the fayeds riches during the short time they ran their business. so mr. fayed found a niche, which is transferring money for only a 2% fee, which was highly, highly competitive and lucrative. so those of you who are good at math, you ll know that that s approximately $20 million in fees that went to goldfinger between 2001 and 2008, making a lot of money. but the good times didn t last. the company was under indictment. pam was cooperating with federal investigators. and the couple were getting divorced. they were going to be divorced. so the marriage was over no matter what. and the relationship was over. jim fayed s attorney, mark werksman, says none of that was
something she always dreamed of. she d always wanted to stay home, raise her kids, work if she wanted to, when she wanted to, which is part of owning your own company. and jim liked it that way too. he may have liked that a little too much. though pam was the vice president of goldfinger coin and bullion, jim fayed was the president. he seemed to like the sound of that, and he apparently loved controlling just about every aspect of the business. he originally was a really humble guy, and i feel like, as the business grew, so do his ego and basically changed the person he was into thinking almost as if he was someone who was invincible. and then one day jim discovered that he wasn t. his health started to slip. he developed rheumatoid arthritis and started taking a lot of pills to dull the pain from that. and perhaps a different side of jim fayed began to emerge. there became a point where jim was addicted to pain medications.