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Courts, parliament, regulators. ASIC v McIntyre [2016] FCA 1276 (Bromwich J) — five land banking schemes declared unlawful unregistered managed investment schemes; ten-year bans on Jamie and Dennis McIntyre; "completely financially incompetent"; "a menace to the investing public." ASIC Media Release 16-357MR. Senate Economics References Committee, Melbourne, 30 September 2015 — Dastyari ("conman"), Xenophon ("most evasive witness"), and evidence of paid celebrity appearances used to attract investors subsequently sold options at up to $40,000. Federal Court permanent injunction, 2016 (Pilbara scheme). ASIC bankruptcy proceedings, April 2017. Australian Electoral Commission — registration and deregistration of the 21st Century Australia Party, 6 June 2018. Armidale District Court, 26 June 2025. Denpasar District Court — contractor proceedings. Satpol PP Badung — stop-work order, no PBG. West Lombok Regency — construction-halt and demolition order for construction within the coastal setback.

Reporting. Sydney Morning Herald — Moira Park and the sixty lots at $1; the employment of Julia Feldman; David Loughnan; "How to be more like Jamie McIntyre: inside a spruiker's seminar"; the Pilbara shutdown; the ten-year ban and the Schwarzenegger stunt; the flood-relief funds frozen, April 2022. Australian Financial Review, 17 October 2016. ABC News, 6 June 2014 (21st Century Eminis); 18 June 2022 (the sunken vessel, Lammermoor Beach, Richie Cunningham); 13 September 2024 (Lux Projects, the ban, the marriage). BBC News — Miss Universe Fiji. Daily Mail; New York Post; Marine Industry News. Nine / A Current Affair. Independent Australia. Deloitte liquidators' inability to locate more than $7 million.

The Lombok record. TechBullion — investor warning over Nesara Bay City, Gesara Bay City and Harbourside City; the three project names; the promoters and associates named as Warren Stokes, Sean Strecker, Dave Oneegs, Tejal Dave and Henry Kaye; the 2016 ten-year ban; the NESARA EcoMiniCity, Harbourside City (Blongas) and FuturisCity promotional releases of 2025; the West Lombok Regency construction-halt and demolition order for building within the coastal setback; and the cryptocurrency-payment warning. MEXC News — Gesara Bay City and Nesara Bay City marketed under Lux Projects brands, and McIntyre's own press releases confirming conceptual stage, pending approval from the Lombok provincial government and Indonesian ministries, and possible relocation to other islands. gesarabaycity.com — the $500 million estimate, the sister-city relationship, the Blongas Harbour super-yacht marina.  marinabaycity.com — Kinnara's official statements of ownership, default on a binding Conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement for the first five stages, mismanagement of client funds, active legal proceedings, and the position that villas contracted for delivery have not been delivered and the contracts remain in force.   MEXC News / PT Marina Bay Group — the official statement rejecting false ownership claims, the 150-acre precinct, the Mandalika corridor, and the advice to buyers. marinabay.city — LUX Property Group's dispute of the purchaser-status website, the announced rebranding to Nesara Bay City, the stated strategic sale of Kinnara's stake, and the legal action over domains and pages. TechBullion — LUX Property Group's announcement of full land protection for Marina Bay City investors affected by alleged Kinnara fund diversion, and the stated expectation that principal permits and approvals will be completed in Q4 2026 with construction commencing Q1 2027.

Invented. Marion Dalgety, Trevor Aylwood, Dave Prentice, Amanda Walsh, Made Wijana, Ron Hallam, Kate Ellery, Tisha, Reg Tolley, and all private conversation, interior monologue, weather and domestic detail. No allegation is made against any real person beyond what the sources above report. Where two parties dispute a fact, both accounts have been set out as published.

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