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The AI startup with no AI: Aussie boss jailed for misleading investors (smh.com.au)
10 points by contingencies 43 days ago
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> To lend credibility to the false figures, Fairfull forged bank documents using PDF-editing software and uploaded them to the data room investors used for due diligence.

Wait, when they're doing due diligence, nobody actually checks anything with the bank? I think it might be harder to fake eligibility for a mortgage than $107 million ARR.

Official press release from ASIC (no paywall) https://www.asic.gov.au/about-asic/news-centre/find-a-media-...
The startup: Metigy. Weirdly not mentioned on HN before.
Even if it were a legitimate business/product, there is an entire world of products and services that doesn’t cross this website’s radar. There’s nothing weird about it.