Odaily News ZachXBT published an investigation into the identity of the 50x leveraged whale on Hyperliquid on the X platform. By tracking on-chain transactions, it was found that a man named "William Parker" was related to the 50x leveraged whale on Hyperliquid. Last year, he was arrested for stealing about $1 million from two casinos in 2023 and sentenced in Finland. Before that, he was called Alistair Packover (William Peckover) and later changed his name.
In the early 2010s, Alistair Packover made several headlines in the UK for fraud charges related to hacking and gambling. Apparently he has not learned his lesson after serving years in prison for fraud and is likely to continue gambling, with funds currently stored in:
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