The money trail is all leading back to a tiny town in Western Australia. But what business did Alan have there, and why was he so interested in its residents?

The Missing $49 Million is an eight-part investigative series by news.com.au, hosted by award-winning finance reporter Alex Turner-Cohen.

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What is Safe Worlds, the business that Alan Metcalfe proposed would be bigger than Google and resurrect the entire world economy? Was he truly a genius or was the idea little more than a pipe dream? 

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It’s time to go back to the very beginning where it all started for accused fraudster Alan Metcalfe.  In a remote Queensland mining town, Alan learned he could scam people - and get away with it. 

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Alan Metcalfe was a seemingly successful businessman with a big turnout at his funeral. But was this ‘tech entrepreneur’ all he seemed to be? His death sparked a cascade of questions from 600 investors about what happened to their money. All 49 million dollars of it. 

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It was supposed to be 'bigger than Google' so how did it all go so wrong? Meet Alan Metcalfe, the Aussie man who claimed to have found the secret to AI in the Bible and convinced hundreds of investors to part with their money. 49 Million dollars has vanished into thin air, join Alex Turner-Cohen as she tries to solve the mystery of the missing millions. 

The Missing $49 Million is an eight-part investigative series by news.com.au, hosted by award-winning Finance Reporter Alex Turner-Cohen.

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