Following a January third article from the Guardian making an attempt to uncover Hyperverse CEO Steven Reece Lewis, I couldn’t assist however revisit the collapsed Ponzi scheme.
There wasn’t a lot to go on. I tracked Lewis to Thailand’s nightlife however couldn’t discover something definitive to publish.
Another person who learn the Guardian’s article is “No one Particular” of the “No one Particular Finance” YouTube channel.
On January fifth, No one Particular Finance printed a video titled “BUSTED: Pretend HyperVerse CEO Who Stole $1.3 Billion Unmasked!“.
Within the video, “Steven Reece Lewis” is outed as Thailand resident Steve Harrison.
For those who’re unfamiliar with Hyperverse or want a refresher, it launched in late 2021 following the collapse of HyperFund.
The collection of Hyper* MLM crypto Ponzi schemes had been run by Ryan Xu and Sam Lee.
By the point HyperFund collapsed, Xu’s and Lee’s credibility was shot to items. This prompted hiring of Boris CEO “Steven Reece Lewis” to entrance Hyperverse.
As per the cited No one Particular Finance YouTube video, Lewis was performed by UK nationwide Steve Harrison.
Harrison, who evidently additionally goes by “Stevo”, is a UK nationwide from Bournemouth. Since no less than the mid 2010s, Harrison has been dwelling in Thailand.
The final publish on Harrison’s FaceBook web page is dated December thirtieth, 2023.
The publish includes a video clip of Fanzone, a present broadcast by True Visions. True Visions being a sports activities oriented cable and satellite tv for pc TV operator in Thailand.
This led me to Harrison’s LinkedIn profile, on which he cites his location because the UK.
It appears ol’ Stevo is kind of the soccer fan.
Whereas we now know who Steven Reece Lewis is, we nonetheless don’t understand how he was employed by Xu and Lee to play Hyperverse CEO.
With respect to potential prison costs, additionally how a lot in stolen HyperFund Ponzi funds Harrison was paid. Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud is a given.
Nevertheless a lot he was paid, Harrison seems to be doing fairly nicely for himself publish HyperFund and Hyperverse.
Hyperverse victims? Not a lot. As one of many bigger MLM Ponzi schemes that ran for a while, HyperFund losses are anticipated to run into the lots of of tens of millions, probably into the billions.
Sam Lee is hiding in Dubai and nonetheless stealing cash by means of numerous MLM crypto Ponzi schemes.
Ryan Xu hasn’t been seen in public since HyperFund collapsed.
Replace seventh January 2023 – Apparently Steve Harrison doesn’t need anybody to know he’s been to India not too long ago.
Whereas I used to be researching this text Harrison has been busy deleting a lot of posts from his FaceBook account.
Owing to Harrison deleting posts, for those who go on the lookout for a few of the screenshots cited on this article you won’t discover them.