WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Penny Wong is being sued for spruiking an investment platform in an interview.
OUR VERDICT
False. The article making the claim is fake and Ms Wong has not promoted such a platform.
AAP FACTCHECK – Foreign Minister Penny Wong is not being sued for spruiking an investment platform in an interview on an Australian TV show, despite claims on social media.
Ms Wong made no such statement nor did she give any such interview.
The claim has been shared in a Facebook post linking to an interview transcript on a suspicious webpage that resembles a news.com.au article.
Despite linking to a fake news.com.au article, the Facebook link shows competitor Nine's logo. (Facebook/AAP)
"Bank of Australia is suing Penny Wong for what she said on live TV," the post's caption reads.
The linked article claims the senator is being sued by the non-existent "Bank of Australia" for spruiking cryptocurrency software in a TV interview.
It also includes a purported transcript of Ms Wong's supposed interview.
Several clues indicate the supposed news.com.au article and its host webpage are fakes.
The URL is different to the news.com.au website, with the domain name "touxan.top" and the unlikely word path "nestory-irankunda-loaned-grasshopper-club-zurich-bayern-munich".