This first came to light following Twitch’s big data leak last year.
People combining over the numbers found that some streamers were receiving ludicrously large donations relative to their viewing figures.
Stolen money comes in, cryptocash goes out.
A campaign formed to clean up Turkish streaming, including a streamer named “Grinmax”.
He posteda chatlogfrom when he was supposedly approached to join in.
Unsurprisingly, Turkish authorities were interested too.
Police seized electronics and documents, so perhaps new numbers will follow.
And, y’know, I’m relying on machine-translated sources.
I suspect this is but the very tip of an iceberg of shady money being moved through gaming ecosystems.
And hell, at times the vast sums of legitimate money moving through some of them feels shady enough.
