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Intelligence report · Sample · invented casePurpose: Vetting a business partner

John Doe

Product Designer at Polar Light Studio · Frostholm, Antarctica

Person · Generated 3 Nov 2026 · 10:58

Accounts you confirmed

  • Professional network · john-doe-plsConfirmed by you · Profile details
  • Photo sharing · @johndoe.designConfirmed by you · 48 posts retrieved · Jan 2023 – Mar 2025

—Key findings

John Doe is a product designer at Polar Light Studio in Frostholm; two confirmed profiles and the company's team page agree. Beside that job he co-founded Aurora Pixel Ltd, dissolved in 2024 while its investors were suing the directors over money they say was moved out. His co-director runs a scheme the regulator has warned about, and in 2025 he threatened a former client in public. No report of a conviction was found. 136

01Identity and background

Full name
John Doe 17
Corroborated
Current location
Frostholm, Antarctica 17
Corroborated
Employment
Product Designer, Polar Light Studio · 2021 – present 17
Corroborated
Previous employer
Northfield Digital · 2017 – 2021 1
Platform-reported
Education
South Pole University · Design, 2013 – 2017 1
Platform-reported

02Political and social standing

No political posts, memberships or politically affiliated follows were found in the sources searched.

03Potential red flags

  • Fraud allegationHighMar 2024
    “Funds raised from investors were transferred to accounts controlled by the directors.”

    Civil claim CV-2024-118 against Aurora Pixel Ltd and its directors; reported by the local press 34

    Corroborated by 2 sources

  • Risky associationMediumSep 2023
    “Aurora Yield is not authorised to offer investments.”

    Regulator's warning; Aurora Yield is run by his co-director Max Ice 52

    Single source

  • HarassmentMedium14 Mar 2025
    “Pay up or everyone in Frostholm will know what you are.”

    His comment under a former client's post, from @johndoe.design 6

    Confirmed account

04Associations

  • Frostholm Type Club · Organisation · Member, speaker at its 2024 meetupSingle source
  • Richard Roe · Person · Engineering Lead, Polar Light StudioCorroborated
  • Jane Roe · Person · Former manager at Northfield DigitalPlatform-reported

05Business roles and associates

  • Polar Light Studio Ltd · Employer · Product Designer 17Active
  • Aurora Pixel Ltd · Co-founder, director · 2021–2024 23DissolvedCivil claim
  • Max Ice · Co-director, Aurora Pixel Ltd 25Regulator warning
  • Aurora Yield · Run by Max Ice 5Unauthorised

06Social media behaviour and themes

Posts mostly about type design and studio work, in a friendly tone. One hostile exchange with a former client in March 2025. 6

  • Type and lettering
  • Studio and client work
  • Local design events

07Your questions, answered

  • Any fraud allegations or court cases?Yes

    Named as a director in a 2024 civil claim: investors allege their money was moved out before Aurora Pixel Ltd closed. The claim is not decided. 34

  • Ties to risky companies or people?Indications

    His co-director, Max Ice, runs Aurora Yield, which is on the regulator's warning list. 25

  • Anything abusive said in public?Yes

    A threatening comment to a former client, from his confirmed account, in March 2025. 6

  • Any criminal conviction reported?No evidence

    No court listing or news report of a conviction in the sources searched.

—Limitations

  • Court records in Antarctica are not published online; only press reports of the civil claim were found.
  • A second photo-sharing account with the same name was rejected by the customer and not read.
  • Posts before 2023 could not be retrieved.

—Sources

  1. 1Product Designer at Polar Light StudioProfessional profile · profiles.example/in/john-doe-pls
  2. 2Aurora Pixel Ltd · dissolved, 2 directorsCompany registry · registry.example/8820417
  3. 3CV-2024-118 · Investors v. Aurora Pixel Ltd and directorsCourt listing · courts.example/frostholm/cv-2024-118
  4. 4Investors say start-up's money was gone before it closedNews article · news.example/2024/03/aurora-pixel
  5. 5Aurora Yield · unauthorised investment offerRegulator warning · regulator.example/warnings/aurora-yield
  6. 6@johndoe.design, 14 Mar 2025Comment · confirmed account · photos.example/johndoe.design/c/88213
  7. 7Team · Polar Light StudioCompany website · polarlight.example/team