• hansl@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Looked up into it. It’s not just fans and it’s not just YouTube. They ran fundraising golf tournaments that they ended straight up not even reporting on their taxes (we’re talking well above 100k$ missing). It’s very shady.

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      11 months ago

      He claims those weren’t always fundraising tournaments, they were done with his help or something, but not always with the intention of the proceeds going to charity apparently. Who knows, I’ll leave it for the IRS to decide.

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        11 months ago

        They literally had “fundraising for the Open Hand Foundation” on their banners every year.

        Whether or not these were literal frauds, it’s very shady and should destroy his reputation. I’ll let the lawyers figure out the rest.

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          11 months ago

          Agreed, his YouTube reputation should be destroyed and the legal stuff should be figured out in courts. That’s why I called this YouTuber drama.