The house is one of four purchased by the billionaire over a three year period, including Hanover Lodge, in exclusive Regent's Park, for which he paid £120 million making it one of the UK's most expensive homes. 
 
 It was believed that alleged computer hacker Lauri Love, 32, who faces up to 99 years in prison if extradited to the US, was staying in the squat. 
 
 However, one of the group at the house claimed he was no longer at the property and had only been visiting. 
 
 Mr Love, who has Asperger syndrome, is accused of stealing data from US agencies including the FBI and Nasa. He is currently preparing appeal against his extradition to the US which was signed by Home Secretary Amber Rudd in November. 
 
 If convicted he faces a lengthy jail term and his family fear he will not be able to cope in the notoriously harsh American prison system. 
 
 People working near the huge mansion today said they saw some members of the group leaving this morning while others remained inside. ||||| Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email 
 
 A grandiose £15million mansion in one of Britain's most expensive and exclusive streets has been taken over by squatters who plan to transform it into a homeless shleter. 
 
 Among the campaigners was said to be Lauri Love, who is accused of hacking into the computer systems belonging to US agencies, including the FBI and NASA. 
 
 Mr Love, who faces up to 99 years in prison if extradited to the US, has apparently since left the Eaton Square property, in posh Belgravia, London. 
 
 The group have been in the Grade II listed building for three days. 
 
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 It is understood to have lain empty since Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko bought it in 2014. 
 
 But the squatters say they plan to transform the former Spanish school into a shelter for the homeless. 
 
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 Above the front door is a banner which reads: "USA ANTI-GOVERNMENT IN EXILE". 
 
 A black flag, being flown for a pole, is adorned with the words, "Antifaschistische Aktion," an anti-fascist network from Europe. 
 
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 Mr Love, 32, who has Asperger syndrome was reportedly staying in the squat. However, one of the group at the house said he was no longer at the property. 
 
 He is currently preparing an appeal against his extradition to the US, which was signed by Home Secretary Amber Rudd in November. 
 
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 People working near the huge mansion today said they saw some members of the group leaving this morning while others remained inside. 
 
 A doorman for a neighbouring townhouse, who wished not to be named, said a notice had been tapped to the front door by a bailiff firm. 
 
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 He said: "A little later one of them came out a side window and took the notice off and went back inside." 
 
 Last night Mr Love and members of the group explored the huge building and music played in speakers late into the night. 
 
 The house was built around 1825 by the Grosvenor family and was up until recently the home of the Instituto Cervantes of London, the Spanish cultural centre, which has now moved to The Strand.
– A group of squatters has seized an empty property on one of Britain's "most expensive and exclusive streets" and turned it into a homeless shelter, the Telegraph reports. According to the Guardian, the five-story, $19 million home was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2014 but is believed to have sat unused since. The Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians, or ANAL, got into the home through an open window on Monday. They say they're currently housing 25 or so people who had been sleeping on the street. The nearly 200-year-old house features a spiral staircase, polished floors, and multiple "hand-carved" fireplaces. The squatters have added a projector for movie nights, portable cookers, and a shop with free clothes. A recent count found approximately 4,000 people sleeping on the streets of London. Another count found more than 200,000 homes that have been empty for more than half a year. ANAL calls that an "injustice." The group says it researched the home before moving in, discovering it was purchased by Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko, who has bought four fancy houses in London over the past three years. One squatter tells the Telegraph they "figured the damage caused to him compared to the gains for the homeless community is nothing." The squatter says the house could mean the difference between life and death for homeless people during freezing winter weather. The Mirror has photos from inside the home prior to its new life as a homeless shelter.