Froggy was an Australia

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Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n business

Business

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, that primarily operated an ISP

Internet service provider

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 amongst other things, established and owned by entrepreneur Karl Suleman. At the time of its collapse the company had around 30,000 customers .

Froggy was originally two separate ISPs, A1 Superlink and another smaller one based in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. In early 2000, Suleman purchased these companies and created the brand name Froggy. A Bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

 suggested the name . Froggy became notable for its use of skywriting

Skywriting

Skywriting is the process of using a small aircraft, able to expel special smoke during flight, to fly in certain patterns to create writing readable by someone on the ground...

 in the Australian capital cities. In addition, former Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)

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hostess Adriana Xenides

Adriana Xenides

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 endorsed the business.

Froggy, mainly as a result of siphoning off debts from Karl Suleman Enterprises to Froggy, found itself in financial trouble from the start. The beginning of the end for the company came in November 2001 when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

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 raided Suleman's home. Questionable accounting practices as well as accusations of fraud, mainly involving the misapproporation of funds invested by the Assyrian

Assyrian people

The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...

 community in Australia, of which Suleman was a prominent member, brought this about. Suleman was sentenced to 21 months in prison

Prison

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