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Business journalist and features writer

London, England
Joined September 2013
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If you haven't seen it yet, this Bloomberg Originals from Robin Fall (with my contribution) about YouTubers going after scammers and destroying their operations is fascinating and important! Check it out:
"This ruined me." As financial scams explode worldwide, this is the story of how a retiree in Hong Kong fell for a crypto scam and lost his life savings. More on Bloomberg Investigates: trib.al/PognVKE
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My investigation for @BW into the dark corners of Dubai's crypto scene: Ponzi and pyramid schemes pretending to be startups are running rampant in the UAE, experts and US authorities say. I've talked to those behind a handful of them: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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There's Josip Heit, the alleged mastermind behind a crypto scam that Texas’ regulator estimated at $1 billion. He agreed to settle fraud charges brought by US states and told me the charges were dropped, although regulators denied that was the case. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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There's Lado Okhotnikov, a Russian entrepreneur who was indicted in Oregon last year for overseeing an alleged $340 million Ponzi and pyramid scheme called Forsage. His latest company is headquartered in Dubai. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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When a trading guru says he can help you “live on a higher frequency of being" while achieving financial freedom... you might be involved in an MLM @AliceKantor bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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My story about IM Academy, a multilevel marketing company that supposedly teaches young people around the world about online trading but leaves most of them penniless and desperate.
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A new rule that more than doubles the minimum income a Briton must earn to bring their foreign spouse to the UK is splitting up families. Americans are scrambling to figure out how they can reunite with their British partners. A sad but important story bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Around the world the expanding cost of child care is forcing women out of the workforce. Elevated child care costs are a bane for global economies. Read more here: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Nursery fees are rising at a faster pace than inflation in many countries around the globe. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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In the UK, demand for more subsidies to alleviate child care costs has become a major issue in the upcoming general election bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Will be chatting to European Investment Bank's vice president Ricardo Mourinho Félix at the Websummit in Lisbon in two weeks' time about Europe's VC market and innovation on the continent. websummit.com/schedule/ws23/…
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The US moved in the 80s from a pensions system, where companies carried all the risks of shifting incomes and market gyrations, to 401Ks, where employees now carry most of the costs and all of the risks. fascinating read: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @_constantjo
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