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Sam Lee appears in video promoting new investment scheme days after US fraud charges

Australian blockchain entrepreneur urges followers to ‘continue the journey’ with him in a video recorded days after he was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australian charged in US over alleged role in ‘Ponzi scheme’; ‘surreal’ Sydney shark rescue; and MP criticises Nine for ‘sexist’ photo edit

Blockchain entrepreneur Sam Lee charged with conspiracy to commit fraud for his alleged role in operating the HyperVerse crypto investment schemes

The Guardian - AU

Australian Sam Lee charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in US for role in $1.89bn ‘Ponzi scheme’

HyperVerse crypto schemes, subject of a Guardian Australia investigation, alleged to have defrauded investors of almost A$3bn

The Guardian - AU

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HyperVerse crypto scheme targeted developing countries before collapse left some investors ‘suicidal’

Promoters of the scheme, which collapsed owing millions, targeted countries such as Nepal, with claims some investors took out bank loans to buy packages

The Guardian - AU

Asic examines collapsed bitcoin company Blockchain Global after Guardian investigation

Regulator takes action after masthead reveals links between two of company’s directors and a series of failed crypto schemes

The Guardian - AU

‘I do feel bad about this’: Englishman who posed as HyperVerse CEO says sorry to investors who lost millions

Exclusive: Stephen Harrison says he was paid to play role of chief executive of the crypto investment scheme but denies having ‘pocketed’ any of the money lost

The Guardian - AU

HyperVerse crypto promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ arrested and charged in US

Exclusive: Internal Revenue Service alleges Rodney Burton was part of a network that made ‘fraudulent’ presentations claiming high returns for investors based on crypto-mining operations that did not exist

The Guardian - AU

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This multi-million crypto rug pull has a new twist: The CEO may not exist

Neither did the returns, thangew!

PC Gamer

The CEO of failed crypto firm HyperVerse boasted an extraordinary résumé. He may be completely made-up

An investigation by The Guardian found no evidence to back the points on his resume or a way to contact him.

Fortune

Asic faces questions over failure to warn consumers about HyperVerse crypto scheme

Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones says concerns should have been raised about scheme that appeared to be selling ‘worthless investment products’

The Guardian - AU

Chief executive of collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse does not appear to exist

Steven Reece Lewis was introduced to investors with an impressive list of qualifications and achievements, but no organisation cited can find any record of him

The Guardian - AU

Investors lose millions as crypto schemes operate unchecked in Australia

Exclusive: the New Zealand regulator has warned the schemes could be a ‘scam’ but they have escaped such scrutiny in Australia and thousands have lost money

The Guardian - AU

‘They are so convincing’: Vera Gazzard lost her life savings to HyperVerse

Australians who were convinced to put money into the Hyper group investment schemes say no one has been held to account for their losses

The Guardian - AU

You Are Wolf: Hare // Hunter // Moth // Ghost review – bursting with spirit

With Sam Lee and Robert Macfarlane guesting, Kerry Andrew shows a knack for experimentation, deploying playground rhymes, birdsong and even their radiator

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The Guardian - UK

An 80th Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch review – moving homage to 60s folk guitar hero

Pentangle’s Jacqui McShee as well as Robert Plant, Bernard Butler and Sam Lee were among stellar acts celebrating the late musician in impressive style

The Guardian - AU

Family of Sydney man shot dead during psychotic episode demand police retract claim he was ‘known’ to them

Call by family of Steve Pampalian comes as Greens accuse police of curating the narrative around other people fatally Tasered or shot

The Guardian - AU

‘If they don’t comply, they die’: families demand royal commission after fatal NSW police shootings

Exclusive: Premier says an inquiry into use of force against vulnerable people isn’t necessary, despite four fatalities in as many monthss

The Week

Man City: can ‘one of the best sides in history’ win the treble?

At the start of this year, Manchester City had a “rough” few weeks, said Sam Lee on The Athletic. Their Premier League campaign was stuttering (at one point in January they were eight points adrift of Arsenal), and on 11 January they were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by…

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Missouri Republicans still want to restrict Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood after abortion ban

Despite Missouri’s sweeping abortion ban, some Republicans are still attacking Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid reimbursements.

Daily Mirror

Student pleads to resit test after blaming dropped meatball for submitting it early

A student was forced to present the excuse to end all other excuses after a rogue meatball escaped from her sandwich and plopped onto her keyboard midway through a test, submitting her incomplete answers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

With Roe overturned, Missouri's anti-abortion advocates focus on new goals

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Anti-abortion advocates met their goal last year of overturning Roe v. Wade, but that doesn’t mean they’re done yet.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri abortion rights supporters, opponents weigh ballot questions for 2024

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lifted by election results in five states, Missouri abortion rights supporters are weighing whether to pursue a ballot measure for 2024 to overturn the state’s near-total ban on abortion.

Evening Standard

Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart review: Nuanced and sophisticated

Actor Buckley and former Suede guitarist Butler make an album that feels like much more than just a side project

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Senate committee advances resolution to trigger abortion ban when Roe is overturned

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A state Senate committee on Tuesday advanced legislation to trigger Missouri’s near-total abortion ban if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

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