Warning to Google after advertiser used search engine to mislead investors

Australians deceived into risking nest eggs after clicking on Mayfair 101 sponsored links, court rules

The corporate regulator has warned Google to carefully consider the implications of a court decision that found people were misled into tipping money into high-risk investments after following sponsored links in search results.

In a decision handed down on Tuesday, the federal court judge Stewart Anderson found the search ad campaign formed part of a broader pattern of misleading and deceptive conduct by Mayfair 101, an investment company best known for buying Queensland's Dunk Island.