$3k to join ‘elite circle’ of Queensland ex-criminal turned influencer

A former criminal turned Instagram influencer has just kickstarted a new business where he is encouraging his followers to sign up for a cool $3000.

A former criminal turned Instagram influencer has just kickstarted a new business where he is encouraging his followers to sign up for a cool $3000.

Heavily tattooed Nathan “King AK” Richards attracted a cult following online in 2018 after sharing his seemingly glamorous life with his followers, while also promoting guns, crime, women and luxury cars.

Over the weekend, Mr Richards began spruiking his most recent business venture on social media, where he is offering fans the opportunity to pay $3000 to join his “elite circle” where he will give them business and personal coaching.

After coughing up the cash, the customer can “IMMEDIATELY expect a phone call from Nate ‘’KING A-K‘ Richards, in which he will devise a battle plan for your future, and your future together,” the advertisement reads.

Mr Richards, who is based on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, said he will then fly anywhere across Australia for a face-to-face meeting where he will devise “missions” for the customer.

The $3000 also gets the consumer “A-K Empire Company merchandise” including a T-shirt, a gold badge and a gold ring, as well as access to an end-to-end encrypted group chat with other members.

It comes as this time last year, news.com.au reported that Mr Richards asked for $10,000 each from his legion of fans so they could join him on a “self-governing project” in remote Australia where the property would be held in the company’s name to “establish a sovereign territory”.

The advertisement.

Nathan “King AK” Richards.

“I’m just a normal bloke who does his best at every endeavour he is apart of,” Mr Richards said in conversation with news.com.au.

“My job is to motivate, uplift and inspire men to be the most powerful versions of themselves.”

He said he had battled with thyroid cancer for the past two years, which is what gave him the idea to help other men through their struggles.

In regards to his attempt to start his own sovereign territory — which appears to be part of the sovereign citizen movement — he said this business was also alive and well.

He claimed so far 80 people had signed up for the project, located in the Western Downs region of Queensland.

As well as running his elite membership program and the self-governing project, Mr Richards is also a national wrestling champion and runs a successful earthmoving business.

In a court hearing last year, Mr Richards’ barrister told a judge that the earthmoving business was his main income.

According to his social media, he has since sold the earthmoving company.

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Mr Richards has run into trouble with the law.

He gained a following, thanks to his luxurious lifestyle.

Mr Richards first made headlines in 2015 for a one-punch attack on an unsuspecting shopping centre security guard which left the man unconscious for about five minutes.

The incident saw him sentenced to 18 months in jail with immediate parole, with the judge allowing him to stay on the street because he did not continue the attack after throwing the punch.

In October last year, he had another conviction added onto his criminal record.

He pleaded guilty in the Caloundra Magistrates Court to assault causing bodily harm over a $50 dispute with someone on Airtasker.

The court heard that he owed a $50 to an Airtasker and after numerous attempts to recover the money, the man went to his house.

After being confronted, he “struck” the Airtasker “seven or eight times”. 

The judge ordered a six-month jail term, suspended for a year and for Mr Richards to pay $500 in compensation.

“The assault charge that occurred was a regrettable incident and was fuelled by frustration of the victim not leaving one of my property’s after being asked to several times,” Mr Richards told news.com.au.

“He was given ample chances and directions to walk away and leave and refused.”

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