The Completionist Is a Scammer, Apparently

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The thing about this that makes it complex is that the money is still there, it's not evaporated or strewn to the winds. I feel like they could easily write a check and resolve this but idk. I'm a programmer not an accountant or lawyer.
 
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I skim watched the videos, so I don't claim to have a full grasp on the matter, but I'm not 100% sure on this. I get that the legal definition of "charity scammer" is probably fulfilled, but it doesn't really seem to sit right with me.

If the money was being siphoned out and used to fund a lavish lifestyle (like the average NFT/crypto rug pull) I'd be all for the pitchforks being brought out, but it seems like the majority is just sitting in some bank account.

If so, there is an obvious path forward:
- Make a significant lump sum donation of approx. 90-95% (~$600k)
- Keep a small portion of 5-10% (~$50k) set aside for rolling costs for future events
- Continue as normal, host events, raise money, and make yearly donations keeping aside only a sum sufficient to cover the next years expenses/running costs.

Dementia/Alzheimer's research is probably one of the most underprogressed of the major neurological illnesses (Alzheimer's/Parkinson's/Huntington's/MS/etc.), so raising money to fund research into cure/treatment is certainly a good thing.

Again, I only skim watched the videos so I might have missed contrary information, but I'm not convinced that this situation is fucked beyond redemption. Hope it can be fixed.
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That's the thing, Jirard can still fix this by just picking an organization and giving them $650k. But it's still leaves a shitty taste in the mouth because that money hasn't been going to anything. Nearly a decade of collecting from tons of people that thought they were helping, and absolutely fucking nothing has been done with that money. It's just sitting there because he's stuck up his own ass about who to send it to while still telling people he's been sending it.

Mutahar accurately pointed out that there is a legal requirement for Jirard's charity to have funded something in a reasonable timeframe, something he can't possibly even think he's done.
 
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Not in a million years I would though the Jobst video would make it to the frontpage but here we are.
Yes, I am subbed to the guy that got headpats from his wife on camera.

Doubly Punished Snigger said:
The thing about this that makes it complex is that the money is still there, it's not evaporated or strewn to the winds. I feel like they could easily write a check and resolve this but idk. I'm a programmer not an accountant or lawyer.
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The issue is they got donations under false premises like saying they collaborated with/donated to <insert charity here>
 
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Eyesore City said:
Adding the highly suspicious behavior (i.e. quote from a Dean that was fired nearly a decade before the charity was even set up). I can't help but wonder if they were too greedy to actually give it away, but too paranoid to spend it like some millennial muppet on TikTok would do. So instead they just sat on a pile of cash and hoped no one would notice.
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That's the question I have; the money is obviously sitting in an account somewhere. So, with all the different things available; is there a special 501c3 marker for a bank account; and how does "charity reporting" go exactly? Do you just do your internal accounting then send the numbers off to the IRS? Because the money should be somewhere, but what if it isn't?

As for charities, I stand by my videogame rules; if you can't reach over and bitch-slap your opponent, it's not a real game. If you have that much scratch, free time, or love in your heart; donate to local charities. Ideally they'll help your community, and if anything goes wrong, you can lynch mob the scammer. It could just be me though, I'm not fond of people who broadcast their benevolence/charity. I understand when it's your organization, marketing it is part of your job... but I still don't like it. When malfeasance shows up, I'll laugh when your house gets burned down.
 
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skykiii said:
There's two ways to take this: Either Girard ("The Completionist") is a gullible fool, or else he's in on the scam.
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When Game gate happened, he blocked friends he had for years for having different political views or the sin of questioning video game journalism.
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Now Quarter Pounder is covering it
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I am more interested if Razorfist will cover the story. He used to follow Razorfist and retweet him a lot. He is not an even bigger lulzcow than Razorfist.
 
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The thing that really bothers me is that you're waiting to select a charity, why would cite specific charities that you're going to be donating towards? You should be showing off the donation receipt like a week after at most, not have all that money still sitting in the account.
 
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It's as if they're holding a piggy bank.
I don't care about the Ross/Jared drama but holy shit, Girard was one of the righteous dipshits dogpiling back then.
 
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"Again?" Is there some history of people around Jontron going rotten?

Its weird if so, because a few days back people started saying there's a similar "curse" around Spoony when Lordkat trooned.
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It has to do with JonTron getting kicked out of NormalBoots (despite being a founder of that group/site) after being on a Sargon stream, the group and it's members faded into irrelevance after it while JonTron kept getting bigger, and then the ProJared incident happened.

Now the only thing left is for Peanut Butter Gamer to get exposed for something.
 
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Not who I expected to get into any drama, let alone defrauding clams
I said this in the commentary thread, but I find the way he talks to Muta and Jobst to be really suspicious
He's getting confronted for serious allegations and he makes responses like this

I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that's he's being fucking stupid. But 10 years of hording the charity money and just blatantly lying about where it was going just has me believing there's some fishy about him.
Whatever actually happened behind the scenes dosen't really matter. His reputations will be tainted forever and no one will be willing to work with him in the future
 
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The Open Hand Foundation? Well they're sure tight-fisted with their money!
 
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