Lighthouse Global's Predatory Troll Assault & False Accusation Register

For over a year, Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global, has been assaulted, criticised and accused of wrongdoing by those with a hateful and destructive agenda. This post will provide an ongoing picture of the relentless assault that Lighthouse Global and its people have endured through false and unfounded accusations.

We have been falsely accused of trying to silence those who have been involved with Lighthouse Global. This is completely untrue and the evidence of that is we are publishing the accusations made against us on our very own website!

Post last updated: 24th June 2022

Content Warning: This article contains explicit language.

Introduction

Since February 2021, we at Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global have been assaulted as well as falsely and baselessly accused online of immoral, unethical, unlawful, illegal and criminal activity. These assaults have been instigated by a tiny percentage of all the people we've worked with over the last 18 years; less than 0.01%!! They have been joined by malignantly toxic family members and friends of ourselves as well as people we've worked with. What those accusing us fail to recognise though is that the burden of proof lies on these accusers, not on Lighthouse Global.

Anybody can resentfully make accusations about anyone else but for these claims to be taken seriously and to avoid legal repercussions, there needs to not just be evidence of the alleged wrongdoing, but legitimate evidence, evidence that is proven and accurate and that can and will stand up in a court of law. This means that not only does the burden of proof lie on our accusers and assailants, but so too does the burden of responsibility for what’s been shared publicly and also how that has been shared as well. To accuse is one thing, but to do so maliciously, with a reckless disregard for the truth and to be deliberately destructive is something else entirely.

Therefore this post contains what will be an ongoing and constantly updated list of ALL accusations and assaults made against Lighthouse Global and its individual representatives; past and present.

Along with the accuser(s), we’re presenting the current status of each accusation in terms of the amount and quality of evidence/proof that’s been presented to back them up. In the same manner, we will also be listing and keeping a track of all the many personal assaults that have been and are being made against Associate Partners of Lighthouse Global as they develop.

For those who have already read this post, you can read the latest updates:

• Additional Assaults

• Additional False Accusations

Context of The Assaults on Lighthouse Global

Upfront we will say that on Reddit and in the Daily Mail the word ‘investment’ has been completely misused with the intention to present Lighthouse Global in a bad light. Effectively there is a myth being presented that investments have been made into Lighthouse Global which have never been returned. This is completely untrue as we have no way of receiving investments into Lighthouse Global.

In reality any investment made by anyone has been an investment in themselves through a Lighthouse programme in a similar way to investing in a university degree. In this comparable example the investment is not in the university, but in the student through the university.

The following points put the below lists of assaults and false accusations into absolute context with all the evidence that is available within the confines of the law.

1. At Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global, there are 3 main reasons why people attack us through false accusations and/or blatant assaults on ourselves and our work.

a. There are controlling, malignantly toxic families, parents, siblings or partners who feel jealous and resentful that they can’t control their child or partner anymore.

b. Ex-business partners or clients who are bitter about refunds that, for clear and legitimate reasons they are not due and know they have no legal case for.

c. Those who have fallen in love and have unrequited affections for their mentor who have become nasty and bitter as a result of their feelings not being returned.

2. These 3 groups of people have actively sought out each other as well as anyone else with grievances against Lighthouse. False accusations were wrongfully and unlawfully made online on Reddit by these vengeful people in order to slander and defame Lighthouse and its people. This was to purposely inflict damage on our reputation in order to destroy our lives and our business as well as any opportunities present and future.

3. The above was then followed by a daily flood of slurs and cruel assaults on the people of Lighthouse; our characters, our mental health and wellbeing designed to cause as much pain suffering and debilitation as possible. They hurt and nearly destroyed many sensitive and honest people here. This continues daily despite increasing police intervention.

4. The Lighthouse assailants and character and well-being assassins then proactively roped in more people on the net, some of them criminal and extremely unstable and dangerous, to attack us, even letting them lead the charge. These people had no prior issue with Lighthouse, its people and had never met us.

5. The Lighthouse assailants hellbent on destroying us then went to the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and other newspapers in order to report their false accusations. They did this to add credibility to their assault and smear campaign. The Daily Mail’s Tom Kelly then printed a sensationalised, biased and prejudiced story designed for advertising clickbait. Mr Kelly and team did no serious investigation or fact-checking which we have challenged the Daily Mail on publicly. They simply referred to the false accusations as “accusations” and then hung the responsibility for the contents of the article on the shoulders of a few willing named and unnamed sources.

1. All of these Daily Mail sources were our assailants and Reddit predatory trolls who had to that point mercilessly assaulted our characters and mental health and wellbeing with the most vile assaults.

2. To date the Mirror has not published anything to damage us or printed anything about us at all. The hell continues. We pray for it to end soon and for justice to be done.

3. Many of the people recruited as predatory trolls and assailants by the disgruntled people (who did not receive refunds) are malignantly toxic and extremely controlling family members of Lighthouse Partners and clients. These family members have been of the worst kind of assailants in all of this, causing unimaginable pain, suffering and damage to their family members and others here at Lighthouse Global. They continue relentlessly.

It is both ridiculous to expect and impossible for Lighthouse Global to take responsibility and atone for any alleged unlawful/illegal activity if this cannot be genuinely proven or substantiated first. Atoning for what we’ve done wrong is at the heart of our philosophy at Lighthouse Global.

Given our research into understanding and developing human beings and human potential over the past 18 years we understand there will be three groups of people who read this article;

1. Those who believe the false accusations without evidence because it suits their current agenda.

2. Those who choose not to believe the false accusations because it suits their current agenda not to.

3. Those who are genuinely objective and who will weigh up the facts, the reasons and the evidence to base their opinion on a dedication to reality and truth, no matter how inconvenient to their current views or painful that might be to them personally.

Click this arrow to the left to learn more about the character of these 3 groups

On 3rd June 2022, Chairman Paul S. Waugh posted publicly on Twitter that he and Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global, invite any and all of our accusers to meet face to face, at a neutral venue and with neutral oversight, in order to hear their claims and accompanying evidence, along with any lawyers, police or anyone else they wish to bring to help back up their case in order to avoid having to meet up in court. Our intention is to avoid having to take this through a very expensive, time-consuming and stressful judicial process through the courts on both a criminal and libel level. To date we are still waiting for even one acceptance of this invitation.

The below is a register, a compilation of assaults and false allegations that continues daily on a relentless circular pattern designed to devastate us including our families and children.

We will be updating this list daily, or as often as new information comes to light, but given the consistency, persistency and sheer volume of anti-Lighthouse statements we estimate that there is far less than 1% here, compared to the volume of what’s actually been written. The 38 assaults and false accusations listed below is drop in the ocean compared to the thousands of false accusations made online that we are still categorising from our extensive documentation and evidence gathering.

Who Are Those Behind These Attacks On Lighthouse Global?

What we will also say is that responsibility for what's been written on Reddit also comes under the moderators of the relevant subreddit. This means that the following usernames are complicit for what's been written because through their inaction they condone and endorse what's been posted. We have included the names of employers where they have been informed and not taken action as these organisations are complicit in allowing this behaviour to continue.

• u/Fagins_nemesis: Richard Thomas

• u/rjhoward: Richard Howard, Premier Ventures Ltd and Managed Mail Service

• u/starling157: Tamara Carew

• u/happyhippo717: Adam Daughters

• u/Own-Station2707 (Name to come, subject to police clearance)

• u/CreativeWrap919: Joanne Holmes, Chipping Hill Primary School (now stepped down as a moderator)

NB: To stress and reiterate... all assaults and false accusations towards Lighthouse, online are in a closed dogpiling group with moderators who have the final say on what content is allowed.

We have also identified the following people who have contributed to the online assaults:

• u/throwawayeducovictim, u/vardypartykodi & 100 Twitter accounts including @educofirebird: Jon Breen, Top Banana Websites Limited

• u/Impossible-Change488 & u/SeasonNo1269: Dawn Ingram, Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

• u/Educational-Lead-306: Antonia Brider-Thomas

• u/SkyFall-2022: Dr. Marina Carew

• u/68Dubai20: Rosemary Willers

• u/_Richter_Belmont_: Rehman Chaudri, Sony PlayStation

• u/AvoCuddle07: Lauren Green

• u/Broad-Ad-485: Karina Deichler

• u/composingmusic: Lara Poe

• u/wysiwygwysiwygwysi: Josh Forde

• u/valued-empty-pull: Gareth Bourne

• u/Oringi200: Daniella Miccoli

Assaults on Lighthouse Global, Its People & Families

We warn in advance of the offensive language used. Unfortunately those assaulting us are very bitter, hateful and resentful individuals. This is likely because as children growing up they did not receive the kindness, gentleness, love and compassion they needed to learn how to process their emotions in order to express themselves with honour, dignity and respect. We genuinely hope they will read this and be shocked into realising that hate never wins and accept our invitation to meet in person to reconcile and atone with us like healthy grown adults would choose to.

Assault & Quote	Evidence Provided	Assailant	​Nature of Offence	Panic Deleted
​Paul Waugh and people at Lighthouse are no different to a rapist peadophile groomer “You and your puppets are no different to a rapist paedophile groomer… WE ARE ON YOUR ASSES M'FUCKERS, RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN PAULIE BOY, RUN BACK TO SA BRUUUUUU”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/No-Awareness4746 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
​Racist comparison of Sukhraj and Jairaj Singh being an ‘Indian Variant’ of COVID-19 (Comparing them to COVID 19 which has killed over 5 million people globally!). "The predominant South African strain of the Lighthouse 20 Virus has mutated into an Indian Variant. This Delta variant orginated with the Singh brothers and has been rapidly spreading through the UK. The Indian Variant aggressively targets the victims bank account and property and can be fatal if not treated promptly. The Indian Variant spreads by convincing the victim that Doomsday is coming, so act now and hand over their money."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Fightback63	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
Paul Waugh is a deluded, abusive con man, and Lighthouse International are a malicious, destructive cult “Paul Stephen Waugh is a deluded, abusive con man, and Lighthouse International are a malicious, destructive cult. He’s built a nest of lies and BS. Sadly, some nice, but gullible people fell for it, and victims are not perpetrators of the abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment and stalking. Screw all of them. This is the beginning of the end."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
​Paul Waugh is the new Keith Raniere cult leader and Lighthouse is the new NXIVM cult “Is Lighthouse International Group the new NXIVM? “The Family”, or “Leadership Family”, the new DOS? and Paul Stephen Waugh the new Keith Raniere?”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh needs to be sectioned "I really think the police need to be called now and he needs to be sectioned, I am not joking"	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
Paul Waugh is the "fat controller at the top of the pyramid" "This cult all end up in rental accommodation and with no partners, all under pressure to recruit others and feed The Fat Controller at the top of the pyramid".	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Fightback63 (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
Chris Nash of Lighthouse International Group is a deluded moron “Chris Nash of Lighthouse International Group is a deluded moron”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
There is a lack of trust at Lighthouse International Group "I love the fact they rely so much on building trust but he couldn't trust his own wife to not get fucked by another member hahaha"	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/No-Awareness4746 (Identity to be revealed, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL	No
Paul Waugh is a cunt “What a cunt”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse abuses family relationships “Paul Waugh and his inner-circle illustrate very clearly how family relationships are fair game to them”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	​CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group’s altruistic intentions are disgusting “It’s just utterly disgusting, they’re just utterly brainwashed and can’t see the it’s all BS… UNICEF’s achievements in 2019 including reaching 307 million children under the age of 5 with services to prevent malnutrition… UNICEF have a budget of $4.7 billion… You can see why Lighthouse International Group set themselves up as a MLM/Pyramid scheme!”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh believes that anyone who criticises him is 'the spawn of Satan' “In his mind, Paul= The kindest most brilliant man that’s the closest thing to human perfection. Everyone else who criticises Paul = Evil and psychopathic spawn of Satan”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	Miserable-Ad-6126 (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh and Chris Nash check people’s foreskins “Chris and Paul are probably going around checking foreskins”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh is a pathological liar ​“Paul Stephen Waugh is a pathological liar”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh projects a challenging childhood onto everyone else “Doesn’t it bother you that Paul Stephen Waugh spent time in Boys Town, possible a genuine case of serious familial neglect and abuse, and now Paulie is simply projecting that on to everyone else’s family? Because that’s the family experience according to him. Apart from the Lighthouse family”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh is worse than a con-man "Paul Waugh is worse than a con-man as he leaves his victims mentally disturbed after extracting their money".	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Educational-Lead-306	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group is destroying the planet LIG is “immoral in the highest degree” and “destroying our planet from within” along with “all hope for the future”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Enough-Reflection-78	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh is on the verge of being a collapsed narcissist "He is on the verge of being a collapsed narcissist"	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
Lighthouse International Group is pro-bullying Hey Ben, are you STILL following the PRO-bullying Lighthouse International Group? Who is your superior Ben? As someone ethical will you direct me toward them so I can share you connection to LIG?	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	@educofirebird (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No

Additional Assaults

Update: 15th June 2022

Paul S. Waugh has no success in his field

“I just think it’s impossible to be a big success in your field and there literally be no record of it online - not a scrap! My theory is that Paul Waugh has only ever done what he does now - ie run an organisation which holds him in a leadership position where he can give almost daily sermon-like talks to devotees."

- u/JackHaeckel

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paulie is a fat pig and him and his minions are crumbling

“Hahaha Paulie you fat pig it's great to see after many years you and your minions crumbling”

- NoAwareness4746

- CRIMINAL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global and Paul S. Waugh are full of shit

Bullshit. Horseshit. Batshit. There’s a lot of shit around LIG and Paul Waugh.

- u/Impossible-Change488

- CRIMINAL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 14th June 2022

Abusive voice message

Voice message sent stating "Ooops, you're a cunt!"

- CRIMINAL

Harassing tweets

426 Tweets in 3 months targeting partners clients, families, and social media followers with harassment and defamation

- Various (@educofirebird,@Stop_The_Waugh,@Nowfoundlost)

- CRIMINAL

Update: 13th June 2022

Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global has Associates who are disgusting people

”You are a disgusting person. I am so so sorry for whoever hurt you what has been done to you to make you this. You destroy people. You kill people. You are vile and evil and I am sorry. Please stop money is not worth it, power is not worth it, stop. Please.”

- email sent to Lighthouse Associate

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh should leave the UK

“F**k off out of my country Waugh.”

- CRIMINAL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse isolates you from everything that once mattered to you

"Lighthouse apply techniques have the sole purpose to isolate you from everything that once mattered to you - particularly family - to be able to expose you to destructive and deceptive influence - practices that will portray a reality that unfortunately doesn’t exist - you never really get anywhere - everything you are striving for is ‘just out of reach’ but you are promised it will happen soon!"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Coercive pressure is placed on people to invest in Lighthouse International Group, now known as Lighthouse Global when they are deemed 'financially interesting' by Paul Waugh

"Their leader will analyse if the new recruits are financially interesting for the group - if so, coercive group pressure will be put in place for the new recruits to « invest » into LIG"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

If Paul Waugh heard himself speak he would be humbled to silence

"When Paul Stephen Waugh speaks he can’t hear himself because if he did, he would be well off in humbling himself into silence"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 12th June 2022

Paul Waugh only speaks bullshit & the intention of the predatory trolls is to destroy Lighthouse International Group

I don’t give a flying monkey’s fuck about anything Paul Stephen Waugh says. Literally everything out of his mouth is complete bullshit. He’s so full of it if you gave him an enema you could bury him in a matchbox.

They will never take anyone to court, they don’t have any legal counsel, their understanding of the law and how it works, both civil and criminal, is frankly retarded, and they don’t understand that the evidence against them is their own actions (and that evidence is quite frankly vile).

We are now working as hard as we can to end LIG. Civil and criminal prosecutions for crimes that carry custodial sentences.

We are not going to stop until LIG is over and we get justice for the victims.

- u/Impossible-Change488

- Nature of Offence: LIBEL & CRIMINAL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 11th June 2022

Lighthouse is built on a 'web of lies'

"Lighthouse is built on a web of lies and uses loads of mind control techniques to recruit new members and clone them"

- u/Relative-Detective38 (Identity to be revealed according to the law)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh is a fat donut

“Paulie you fat donut, what's your lawyers contact number, we are all dying to settle out of court and would like to offer them a huge settlement figure!!”

- u/NoAwareness4746

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group acts in a disgraceful way that is not Christian

“This is not Christian, or professional mentoring behaviour! Disgraceful!”

- u/SeasonNo1269

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Anyone who questions Paul Waugh is criticised

“You are told to trust him and not question. If you question this means there is an issue with yourself.”

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh is in it only for the money

“Paul Stephen Waugh as the CEO of Lighthouse International Group is the “coercive, manipulative head of the group… in it for the money” and draws ‘victims’ to the group with promises of a better life.”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78, u/Relative-Detective38

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 10th June 2022

Adam Wallis and Sukh Singh ‘jerk each other off’

“I love how they’ve created an email legal@lig.global like we’re all gonna sit here and believe they have a real legal team monitoring this email. It’s probably Sukh monitoring it while jerking off Adam.”

- u/No-Awareness4746 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group needs to stop

“We are your worst nightmare, you had a good run but its time to shut up shop buddy!”

- u/No-Awareness4746 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh brainwashes people

"It’s crazy how Paul Waugh has literally created this lie and brainwashed people to make him a Messiah. Paul has completely brainwashed our family member."

- u/anonymous_hare_1304, u/Broad_You_1385 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 2 police reports filed)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh controls what people say, dictating acceptable and unacceptable replies to what he shares

“Acceptable replies to Pauli, that is phenomenal Paulie."

- u/Educational-Lead-306 (Identity to be revealed according to the law)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh should be under psychiatric evaluation

"He should be under medical observation but that really is for someone else to sort out. He needs psychiatric evaluation."

- u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

False Accusations Against Lighthouse International Group, Its People & Families

If you've already seen these, additional false accusations can be found here.

False Accusation & Quote	Evidence Provided	Accuser	​Nature of Offence	Panic Deleted
Lighthouse has conned people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds & destroyed families “People have been conned out of hundreds of thousands of pounds! Ripped apart from their families!”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Broad_You_1385 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 2 police reports filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
​Lighthouse Kidz is putting vulnerable children at risk “We also have a number of concerns around the activities of Lighthouse Kidz, and the risks to children and young people specifically potentially vulnerable children. These concerns include safeguarding potential radicalisation and potential emotional abuse linked to faith or belief."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Additional-Answers545 (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group is operating illegally “From public financial statements and claims made by multiple, verifiable people, it is possible that LIG and the partners involved are operating in a deceitful and probably illegal manner and have been for many years. Specifically we are talking about, potential tax fraud filing false information and misrepresentation/ deception”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Additional-Answers545 (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group operates immoral & unethically "Lighthouse has no code of conduct, no trained staff, no one knows where the money goes and confidential information is kept to be revealed if someone leaves or asks for their money back. Threatening letters are further sent to families of those in Lighthouse."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/CreativeWrap919 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 6 police reports filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh controls what Lighthouse Associates watch & listen to “I expect Paulie has banned them from listening to the tape/reading the article. They’re only allowed to listen and watch either recordings of him, or what he approves”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group extorts money from vulnerable people “they don’t have any principles. They target vulnerable people and extort money from them. It’s demonstrably deception, extortion, blackmail.”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
No money from Lighthouse goes to good causes “100% of the money from courses, mentoring, Associate Elect sales will stay with the Lighthouse partners and for the upkeep of Paul Waugh’s £2m house and other toys.”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/************ (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 2 police reports filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse Associates are not qualified to work with vulnerable children “Maybe we should report them to the relevant local Children’s services? Because in what way are Lighthouse goons in any way qualified to work with vulnerable children?”​	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh holds innocent people in emotional bondage "Paul Waugh needs to be held accountable for the emotional bondage he has inflicted on innocent people."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Miserable-Ad-6126	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh infantilises supporters as a narcissist “Waugh infantilises his followers. When he is under attack he does so to himself. This elevates others. Such as children, into a position of responsibility. It’s something narcissists do.”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
Paul Waugh uses kompromat to silence people “Waugh States he is accumulating KOMPROMAT and is prepared to use it to silence survivors.”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	Yes
Lighthouse threatens a victim's children "This video is fucking sick. They’re threatening a victim’s children."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group has broken the Malicious Communications Act on multiple occasions “We can see that none of the activity on these forums is relevant or covered by the MCA. However, there are quite a lot of instances where LIG themselves are potentially guilty of such crimes.”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488, (Identity to be revealed according to the law), u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group has committed a multitude of crimes "Obtaining money under false pretences (Fraud Act). Obtaining money through undue influence. Deception. Blackmail (Theft Act, e.g. threatening a person you will get them fired from their job unless they do something / stop doing something). Extortion (Theft Act). Harassment (Protection from Harassment Act, e.g. sending repeated threats). Filing false statements (Companies Act). Tax evasion (Criminal Finances Act). Money laundering (Proceeds of Crime Act). [...] . Releasing identified personal information without consent (Data Protection Act). Child safeguarding (The Children Act)"	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed) (& Subreddit moderators listed above)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group isolates people from their family and friends "They worked around isolating myself from friends, family and hobbies that I had. I felt like a shell of my former self"	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/AvoCuddle07 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Involvement at Lighthouse International Group means personal and financial freedoms being removed “If you are a member of the group…Dare to dream of a life without them in it… Because you will have far more personal and financial freedoms”	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/CreativeWrap919 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 6 police reports filed), u/vardypartykodi (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse International Group uses modern slavery Isolation from family and friends - deceptive techniques to coerce recruits into more and more “mentoring” - a paid service of course! (completely contrary to what mentoring is meant to be) all on the way to eventually coerce them into this huge financial commitment and then ... once their bank accounts are empty … they will have to start recruiting – modern slavery! “The funds have all been paid into LIG’s professional Metro Bank account…By the way, the Metro Bank have a clear policy on modern slavery!” LIG has committed the following crimes: "Modern slavery (Modern Slavery Act, e.g. the conditions in which the “partners” and “associate partners” live, work and operate)."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Enough-Reflection-78, u/Skyfall-2022 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 2 police reports filed), Impossible-Change488 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 1 police report filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Paul Waugh grooms young people "Paul Stephen Waugh has groomed young people for 10 years or longer, who believe that what they do is real and are probably just simply used to the way the setup of LIG works!"	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/Enough-Reflection-78	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No
Lighthouse Associates are mad "They're mad and literally gangstalk ex-members."	ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED	u/throwawayeducovictim (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 13 police reports filed)	CRIMINAL & LIBEL	No

Additional False Accusations

Update: 19th June 2022

Lighthouse International Group has a detrimental effect on young impressionable adults

“Did you know that? Your day is forever encumbered and never FREE – COERCIVE MIND MANIPULATION is subtle and by numbing your mind with an overload of work, constant breathing exercises and meditation you have NO TIME TO THINK - your CRITICAL THINKING is disabled - the message is here for you loud and clear:

Inform yourself FIRST! You are intelligent, incredibly creative and unique, so be on your way and find out for yourself! Lighthouse International Group at all levels is and has been blindfolding young impressionable adults for years with detrimental consequences to their lives.”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group has been operating deceitfully and illegally for many years

“From public financial statements and claims made by multiple, verifiable, people on this website and others is possible that LIG and the partners involved are operating in a deceitful and probably illegal manner, and have been for many years.”

- u/Additional-Answer545

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

There’s no substance to business programs offered by Lighthouse International Group

“The business program doesn't have much substance to it, just a lot of flowery sessions about your own personal growth.”

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group uses praise to manipulate people

“You are promised to become an associate and eventually a mentor yourself to help others find their ‘calling’. To get there you have to receive mentoring yourself which you pay for as well to “learn” how to mentor others - being cared for, being showered with praise (also called love-bombing) are intended to make you feel special.”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

No one external to Lighthouse International Group has benefited from mentoring

“All the effort is spent internally and we can find no evidence of anyone outside of LIG benefiting even though the sales pitch is always external to help others?”

- u/narc_or_not_666

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 17th June 2022

Lighthouse International Group deceives innocent people so they deceive others

"let's keep this going because deceiving innocent people and they in turn have to deceive others"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group preys on people

“In general LIG preys on people who want to either make the world a better place, are in search of their calling or who would hope to receive huge returns on an investment which never materializes!”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group coercively persuades people to become Associates

"coercive persuasion all in the view of getting the new recruits to make ongoing mentoring payments and a huge payment as a financial commitment without paperwork to enter the “rank of associate”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group controls the sleeping patterns of Associates

"Just a couple of hours sleep and all day it's full of intense work. Full time!"

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group is all about signing people up for a £25k fee

"I left many years ago, and the main reason is these guys don't actually achieve anything other than their main objective of signing more people up to their weekly, monthly and ultimately £25k fee to Paulie. Once I realised this is what they were priming me up for, I walked out so quick they ate my dust".

- NoAwareness4746

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

There’s no evidence of any successful and happy customers at Lighthouse International Group

“Genuinely sad for anyone who thought they were getting involved with an accredited organisation with lots of success and happy customers behind it. There’s no evidence of that. They’d be better off leaving and living their lives!”

- u/JackHaeckel

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 16th June 2022

Lighthouse International Group is dangerous and coercive

"They are dangerous and coercive, I have had a personal experience with them and know people who have lost a LOT of money to mentoring from people who don’t even have any credentials and isolated them from their loved ones"

- Anonymous User (Quora)

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

People are treated like dirt at Lighthouse International Group

Some people crack. Some are treated like dirt. The bullying of some individuals Intensifies

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group prevents critical thinking

Taking up all of the recruits free time with the aim to stop critical thinking - giving them so much work that they can never achieve the goals - constantly making the new recruit feel guilty, depriving them of sleep - they NEVER work hard enough

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Mentors bully their mentees in the name of love

"Sessions with your mentor become more Intense...They scrutinise every aspect of your life and question it all. They may even bully you and explain it's all love."

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group recruits people deceitfully

“People are recruited in the most deceitful ways - mentoring, therapy, meditation, questions about the environment and they are all victims.”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse Associates are constantly asking family for money

"Lighthouse Associates resort to constantly asking family for money. They will not stop until they have extracted all the money you and your family have. YOU have become their FINANCIAL ASSET to help them drain you and your families finances in the most efficient way! Blackmailing you and your family into financial contributions - is that REALLY what you want?"

- u/Fightback63, u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse grooms people

"Adam Wallis, Chris Nash, Warren Vaughan and Shaun Cooper have all “been groomed by their leader Paul Stephen Waugh to recruit by all means” including coercion in order for mentees to invest increasing amount of money"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78, u/strangerhome

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE

Update: 15th June 2022

People become like robots through their involvement at Lighthouse International Group

“After a while you truly become a robot. That spiritual gut feeling is wiped out. You are no longer recognisable”

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse has created its own religious belief system based on the work of Dr. M. Scott Peck

“Here in the UK a ‘cult-like’ group Lighthouse International Group has formed a religious belief on the contents of M Scott Peck’s ‘A road less traveled”

- u/Throwawayeducovictim

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group manipulates vulnerable people

"Lighthouse has drained many of their livelihoods and manipulated vulnerable people"

- u/Equivalent-Rock7709

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group uses psychological coercion to obtain funds in underhand ways

"LIG (Lighthouse International Group) uses psychological coercion to receive a financial commitment. The person recruited is required to pay large sums of money without adequate paperwork or financial advice!"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 14th June 2022

Lighthouse records information without your consent that will be later used against you

"The recruited young associates full of energy and enthusiasm - are asked to “share” their life story which is recorded without consent and kept on file to be used as collateral (like NXIVM?! What next?)"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group tampers with minds

"Yes but not just us as a family many others have ended up ruined and their minds tampered with in a very bad way - let's not forget they are all victims!"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group is a malicious and destructive cult

"Lighthouse International Group is a cult; compared with Nxivm and Scientology cults."

- u/Broad_You_1385, u/Enough-Reflection-78, u/AvoCuddle07, u/Fightback63, u/ItzDaBizz

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse is a multi-layered high control group

"A multi-layered high control group consist of a coercive control leader at the head of the group, a multitude of second in command who are deployed followers. Their task is to recruit new potential followers. Their leader will analyse if the new recruits are financially interesting for the group - if so, coercive group pressure will be put in place for the new recruits to « invest » into LIG"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group practices vicious mind control and social pressure

"Mind control and social pressure is vicious at Lighthouse"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 13th June 2022

Lighthouse International Group is a ‘destructive group’

"Those who have been recruited - are in a destructive group and can't see at all what's going on - since 2007 at least"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group turns victims into predators

“Lighthouse International Group works on the basis of a malignant fusion of coercive persuasion, undue influence, MLM and the never ending chain of victims turning into predators!”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse mentors may even bully you and explain it's all love

"They may even bully you and explain it's all love."

- u/anonymous_hare_1304

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

No one decides to join a destructive group like Lighthouse International Group of their own free spirit

"Warn about drugs, alcohol, human trafficking - you MUST add groups like these pyramid schemes of the worst kind that drain our already endangered environment and families of our most brilliant people - a destructive group that annihilate your future!

People are recruited in the most deceitful ways - mentoring, therapy, meditation, questions about the environment and they are all victims - no one decides of their free spirit to join a destructive group - it can happen to anyone!"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse destroys people's critical thinking

“Lighthouse uses meditation at frequent intervals which can create a trance like state in which your subconscious is vulnerable to suggestions and destructive thought manipulation - most importantly it turns off your ability of critical thinking!”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 12th June 2022

Lighthouse is one of the nastiest and most dangerous groups that a cult charity has heard of in the last 30 years

“In the past year, 10 percent of our calls have been about Lighthouse, from families and individuals… In my opinion, they are one of the nastiest and most dangerous groups we have come across in 30 years of working in this field.”

- Graham Baldwin, Catalyst

- ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group is a cult

"You claim you’re not a cult

The fact is you are. You meet the definition of one (BITE model). The South African article put it in their headline. Your behaviours and actions are very culty."

- u/Impossible-Change488

- Nature of Offence: LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh is a cult leader and Lighthouse International Group is afraid of meeting at a neutral venue

"The response has overwhelmingly been a counteroffer to settle matters at a neutral venue with a 3rd party moderator - which is a very reasonable request, especially considering Paul is accused of being a dangerous cult leader (why would any sensible person take up an offer by an alleged cult leader to meet at their house?).

LIG supporters have never responded to these offers, which begs the question.. why? Why are LIG afraid of meeting in a neutral venue with 3rd party moderators present?"

- u/_Richter_Belmont

- Nature of Offence: LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 11th June 2022

Lighthouse Associates are running a scam

"Ed Zapp, Gill Watson, Jeffrey Leigh-Jones, Jack Comer, Lee Frimston, Mel Francis, Olivia Humphries, Simon Perreira, Vivienne Juan, Victoria Bytel, Zach Jones are involved in running a scam".

- u/user-deleted (Identity to be revealed according to the law)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group is a pyramid scheme

"Lighthouse is a pyramid scheme designed to indoctrinate people and drain their bank account"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse International Group brainwashes people into giving up all assets

"I've been researching them for some months now after my friend was brainwashed into giving up all her savings, taking out loans and then selling her flat" (Panic deleted)

- u/Fightback63

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

People working at Lighthouse International Group are trapped

"The destructive deception of innocent minds is the worst of it all - they can't escape without help and they are being isolated and submerged with 'work' so they are always exhausted and guilty of not acheiving more.”

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Lighthouse records information without your consent that will be later used against you

"The recruited young associates full of energy and enthusiasm - are asked to “share” their life story which is recorded without consent and kept on file to be used as collateral (like NXIVM?! What next?)"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Update: 10th June 2022

Lighthouse International Group has stolen money and are thieves

"I've just been mentored at Lighthouse international and I can say as a fact, these people have stolen money from me." - u/Fagins_Nemesis (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 3 police reports filed)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh uses coercive control on victims

“Lighthouse International Group CEO Paul Stephen Waugh - use of coercive control on victims”

- u/Broad_You_1385 (Identity to be revealed according to the law, 2 police reports filed)

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Paul Waugh has no children and only one person at Lighthouse has children of their own

“One of them has kids but none of the rest, not even Paul, he has no biological children (that he knows of) Calls himself a father but he’s not. Seems to have conveniently found himself a single mother for a partner with hands kids to acquire. None of the the rest of them are in relationships except with their cult”

- u/Livinginhope2020

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

People at Lighthouse are emotionally blackmailed with personal information shared with their mentor

"Personal details shared with a Lighthouse Mentor will be kept on record to be used against you. Everything you say is recorded without consent and kept on file? To do what? The power of information keeps you hostage without you realizing ... emotional blackmail will not let you move on to construct a healthy future ... but wasn’t that why you were interested in this group in the first place"

- u/Enough-Reflection-78

- CRIMINAL & LIBEL, ZERO EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Our Legal Response

As individuals we strive to forgive, to love, to care. This means we’re asking our assailants to repent, to ask them to show cause and to ask them to show evidence because we want to deal with this legitimately, authentically and decently. However, the reality is that no one can expect to cause so much damage on so different levels; physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, materially and financially without consequences.

There have been significant costs to us at Lighthouse; not just the substantial time, effort and money invested in handling what’s been thrown at us through these assaults, but also the emotional impact, attacks on our character as well as the threats to our safety and wellbeing. The costs incurred have not just been from responding to these assaults but also the sabotaged opportunities and the projects we’ve put on hold.

The individuals involved, and the group of assailants as a whole, are accountable for these increasing human, material and financial costs involved. Legally, ethically and morally this needs to be those who have been attacking us for a sustained period of time. We have a justice system to assist us in reconciling this situation that our assailants are on the wrong side no matter how right they think they are. Even if they did have the truth, the fact is that the way they’ve tried to go about holding us accountable through false accusations and relentless assaults for over a year is criminal.

There has been much chatter online about the legal team at Lighthouse. Whilst things are very much in process in relation to defamation and civil prosecution, our focus at the moment is on reporting the criminal assaults against us to the police. This is criminal behaviour and efforts to reason have been ignored, even mocked.

We recently started holding people accountable through the appropriate legal channels. Presently we have 27 cases in process with a number of police forces nationally and internationally. As part of a coordinated smear and assault campaign our assailants have admitted that they are known to each other and therefore our conversations with the police include treating our assailants as a group as well as individuals. Whilst we’re not able to name some individuals involved for legal reasons (as yet), we are presenting what we can and will update as and when further reports are filed and progress is made.

Click this arrow to the left for details of current police investigations

Through this whole situation there is not only the burden of proof for these false accusations, but also the burden of responsibility for the assault on Lighthouse as highlighted by Paul Waugh on Twitter.

Conclusion

A year ago in June 2021, one accuser (predatory troll) made the following below comment. As you can see from the above and given our experience, we do not see that this has changed at all since then…

Lighthouse has been logging and collecting all of the above accusations dating back to February 2021, along with the ongoing non-existence of any legitimate and substantial proof, evidence or substance to verify and give credence to any of these claims that would stand in a court of law.

This process has accumulated a vast body of evidence that has been extensively collated, catalogued and organised and is now being used and will be used for existing and future criminal and civil legal proceedings on an individual as well as collective level.

Various police reports are currently in progress for crimes against Lighthouse and its people, including harassment, harassment on the basis of race, religion and disability, malicious communications and hate speech. This extensive catalogue also provides the basis for civil and libel cases to be brought where no proof has or can be shown to substantiate such claims. As can be seen above, the potential consequences for lacking such evidence is likely to be extensive.

To close we must reiterate that this is not just a smear campaign, but an outright assault on us as individuals and a business. Here's a breakdown of what we have needed to endure over the last year despite attempts to reconcile in respectful and human ways.

The Extent of the Assault on Lighthouse Global

1. Reddit

- Over 358 anti-Lighthouse posts on Reddit including 290 anti-Lighthouse posts on Lighthouse Cults Subreddit, 60 malicious posts against Lighthouse on the R/Cults platform and 8 anti-Lighthouse posts on the R/Anti-MLM Subreddit

- Over 2,000 anti-Lighthouse comments on Reddit.

2. Web presence

- 3 trolling websites created

3. Twitter

- Over 630 anti-Lighthouse Tweets (most since April 2022)

4. National press

- 2 Libellous Daily Mail articles

5. Attempt to sabotage our relationships with…

- ITV News

- TV production company

- Journalists in the national press and media

- A press release company

- Members of our families and friends/acquaintances

- A Christian volunteering charity

- Recruitment websites

- Existing and prospective clients

- HMRC, the police and other government agencies

6. Wasting police time by sending officers to visit two Lighthouse Associates at their personal homes

7. Manipulating at least 5 cult ‘experts’ to label us as a cult without any investigation whatsoever

Despite the onslaught we've faced and the need to hold our assailants accountable to their actions, we recognise that there is no future in hatred. We want everyone to learn, grow and regenerate through this experience.

We will endeavour to keep this list and progress with each accusation along with their authors and any evidence or legitimate proof that comes to light updated in real-time. Please do check back regularly to stay up to date. You can also sign up for updates using the form below the comments at the bottom of this page.

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