This document provides information about the Bre-X minerals scandal and Lehman Brothers collapse. It discusses how Bre-X minerals falsely claimed to have discovered large gold deposits in Indonesia in the early 1990s, which caused its stock price to rise dramatically before the fraud was revealed in 1997. It also summarizes Lehman Brothers' role in the 2008 financial crisis as one of the major players in the mortgage-backed securities market that filed for bankruptcy. The document examines the key events and questions around both scandals.