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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Sarah Martin

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

Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones
Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones: ‘I simply don’t know why a warning wasn’t issued’ over HyperVerse scheme. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The assistant treasurer, Stephen Jones, has questioned why Australia’s consumer watchdog did not issue a consumer warning against the HyperVerse crypto investment scheme in line with a number of overseas regulators.

A Guardian Australia investigation has revealed widespread losses to the HyperVerse scheme, which escaped regulator attention in Australia despite one overseas authority warning it was a possible “scam” and another describing it as a “suspected pyramid scheme”.

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