He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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In July 2025 Saratoga Springs passed a camping ban ordinance marking a major escalation in criminalizing homelessness. Dio (Dee-yo) Kaufman (Coughman) is a housing advocate and member of a coalition of activists who are challenging the Saratoga Springs Camping Ban Ordinance, while advocating for tenants and the unhoused to know their rights in court. They/She discuss this piece of legislation with Lennox Apudo. Link to petition: https://www.change.org/p/rescind-the-ordinance-against-saratoga-s-unhoused-community?source_location=local_page&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uACKOPx0AAAAAaRCyKOdGTAYyODkxZjIwNQ%3D%3D
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