It is a nice catch by op. They did not know or they could not understand that investors are now too much genius. Investors invests money after researching a lot of fact especially after researching team. When it is understood that the team is fake ultimately the project turns into scam project.
What they did was very embarrassing and appalling at the same time.
They really though they can get away with it. Spotting computer-generated AI images can be a bit tricky especially that such pictures really look like a real person. But once you zoom in into those pictures, you would see all the irregularities that would indicate that they are indeed, a fake image.
