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When Guardian Australia senior reporter Sarah Martin heard a friend’s hairdresser had invested in a scheme called Hyperverse and potentially lost all her money, she decided to investigate.She soon found many more members of the scheme, in Australia and around the world.
A person in the UK had lost £1m from the sale of his home that he’d put into Hyperverse; an Australian who had recruited his friends had lost AUD$100,000 — as well as the friends.In this short documentary, interviews with former participants of Hyperverse are woven through Sarah’s recounting of the rabbit hole she fell down as she investigated the scheme, how it worked, and who was responsible for it all.
- Year2025
- Runtime31 minutes
- CountryAustralia
- DirectorMichael Kalenderian
When Guardian Australia senior reporter Sarah Martin heard a friend’s hairdresser had invested in a scheme called Hyperverse and potentially lost all her money, she decided to investigate.She soon found many more members of the scheme, in Australia and around the world.
A person in the UK had lost £1m from the sale of his home that he’d put into Hyperverse; an Australian who had recruited his friends had lost AUD$100,000 — as well as the friends.In this short documentary, interviews with former participants of Hyperverse are woven through Sarah’s recounting of the rabbit hole she fell down as she investigated the scheme, how it worked, and who was responsible for it all.
- Year2025
- Runtime31 minutes
- CountryAustralia
- DirectorMichael Kalenderian