Without being sarcastic, I think the best part of this article was discovering that Tom Selleck starred in a 1990 Western set in Australia called "Quigley Down Under"[0].
And I tend to agree with the general sentiment of other comments here, it seems that given there seemingly was no real intent to create a real company from the funds invested, the title of the article could just as easily be "How Not to Run a Fake Startup Investment Scam".