CEO of Collapsed Crypto Fund HyperVerse Seems to Not Exist At All + More News
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The man introduced as the chief executive officer of HyperVerse, Steven Reece Lewis, appears not to exist – at least not as the man with a long and impressive list of credentials the company cited. No organization on that list could find any record of him, the Guardian reported.
Last month’s Guardian Australia investigation found that thousands of people lost millions of dollars to the HyperVerse crypto scheme, linked to a previous scheme called HyperFund, under the umbrella organization the HyperTech group.
The Australian entrepreneur Sam Lee and his business partner Ryan Xu promoted the company. The duo were the founders of the collapsed Australian bitcoin company Blockchain Global.
Per the Guardian, Lee has denied both HyperVerse was a scam and being its founder. Xu could not be reached for comment.
Meanwhile, a man named Steven Reece Lewis was introduced as the HyperVerse CEO at an online global launch event in December 2021. The introduction featured video messages of support from celebrities, including the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and actor Chuck Norris.
Promotional materials and career summaries said Reece Lewis was a graduate of the University of Leeds and held a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge, that he had worked for Goldman Sachs, sold a web development company to Adobe, and launched an IT start-up firm.
“Reece Lewis’s identity could not be verified by the Guardian, nor could he be contacted for comment.”
Guardian Australia contacted all the above-cited institutions and has confirmed that none has any record of someone by that
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