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Peter Sage, the jailed motivational speaker accused by Hewlett Packard Enterprise of perpetrating a $17.5m fraud against them, once ran a company which claimed “‘traditional' pharmaceuticals simply intoxicate your body”. Sage was imprisoned in January for 18 months after the High Court in London, UK, ruled he had committed …

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  1. Voland's right hand Silver badge

    I can't believe it

    They do not have an Internet SEO or Marketing business? That cannot be true. Something is amiss here (or el reg has not found all of their assets).

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  2. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    The gift that keeps giving. Rather like some suplhur-containing compounds found in plants.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    "HPE has not responded to our repeated enquiries"

    Maybe they're too busy belatedly doing their due diligence on Peter Sage.

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    1. Mark 85
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      Devil

      Re: "HPE has not responded to our repeated enquiries"

      I thought they were still busy with due diligence on Autonomy.

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      1. Roland6 Silver badge
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        Re: "HPE has not responded to our repeated enquiries"

        And CSC's due diligence is in the 'to do' tray - plenty of work for some in HPE for years to come....

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  4. Tom 7

    So he's been

    stiffing people for a while now.

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  5. Caff

    due diligence

    Have HPE ever done due diligence right? Autonomy......

    Should el reg just look through their recent acquisitions for future stories

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  6. DNTP

    Stripper who controls... [the] Enterprise

    I nominate Thea Thorpe to play Seven of Nine in the upcoming "Voyager" remake (yes I know it's not the Enterprise).

    3 0 Reply
  7. Potemkine Silver badge

    Make the lie big...

    ... make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.

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  8. frank ly

    I was shocked

    I asked the headhunters to recruit an asset stripper. You can imagine the confusion at the next board meeting.

    23 0 Reply
  9. Hans Neeson-Bumpsadese Silver badge

    The trick to writing a spoof story is to keep it believable by not making it too far-fetched...oh, hang on....this is *real* isn't it?

    13 0 Reply
  10. Mystic Megabyte
    FAIL

    Amazing!

    I read a story about a con-man who set up a business that was actually successful. Unfortunately he did not want to pay his bills so went to jail. It must be a certain sort of genius who have great ideas but are so greedy that they're doomed to failure.

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  11. creepy gecko
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    Excellent journalism...

    ...from El Reg on this subject.

    Judging by what we've seen this week, Mr Sage has a few more articles in him yet.

    I wonder if "Sagey" (as they call him on E wing) will have had chance to view El Reg's offerings so far?

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  12. MiguelC Silver badge

    My fnarr-fnarrs are never unfair.

    That's a fact.

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  13. Alistair
    Coat

    Con man cools it as a con while his hot hunny hunkers down and waits?

    *cough*

    <Mine's the 8' x 4' tarp considering the inbound vegetable mass>

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  14. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    "Quantum’s total issued share capital of 5,000 zloty"... translates into a whopping EUR 1,164.06 (exchange rate as of 2017-02-11).

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  15. Anonymous Coward
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    Be sure to probe that Robbins guy....

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  16. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    TedX Talk

    Gotta look that up. I love to be inspired.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: TedX Talk

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11RKiZ1S0e4

      Downvotes away!

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  17. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Send him to Australia....

    ... we're full of south africans that have had some dodgy failed business at home, yet are perfectly welcome to fill leadership positions with intl. IT vendors in Australia.That inbred arrogance and feeling of superiority goes a long way over here.

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  18. Bob Rocket

    Seems Ms Tippy Toes is sitting pretty, from the information in the article she transferred all his cash and owns most of the non UK businesses whilst he sits in jail, I wonder if she needs a new webmaster :)

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  19. Anonymous Coward
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    Dr Stanley Jacobs was found to be a credible expert

    Although is unlikely to be considered one anymore if he's supporting fake pharmaceuticals.

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