Originally Posted by
Steve-O
It seems pretty obvious why a small, volunteer-led, charity would want to distance itself from (put in the past) what happened with Jasep.
I'm not suggesting they should put out a press release on their website about Jasep. I'm not even suggesting they should ever talk about it again or publicly comment on it.
However, we encountered some real resistance in their willingness to work with us to put a case together against Jasep, even though their "effort" required no more than 30 minutes of their time.
If you are unwilling to cooperate with an investigation into someone stealing from a community in the name of your charity, the least you can do is return the money that you did receive. 22Q basically took our community's money (the $2k or so that got to them through the direct Paypal link), and gave very little cooperation in the investigation of Jasep's criminal activity with the other money that was meant for them.
Let me put it a different way.
Let's say I decided that I didn't want to play the WSOP this year, due to the variance of tournaments and how the buyins can add up quickly if you don't cash big.
Then you decide that I'm such a great guy that you feel I deserve to play the WSOP. You collect $7000 from the community in donations for me to play the WSOP -- not stakes, not BAP, but just donations as a thank you for me doing radio or whatever. (I'm not saying I deserve this, btw, it's just a hypothetical.)
In the process of getting the $7000 to me, some asshole involved in the process steals $5000 of it. I only end up with $2000.
You report the asshole to the police and want my full cooperation.
I say to you, "Sorry, this is your problem, not mine. You want to report him to the police? Go ahead. I'm not getting involved. I'm happy with $2000. For me it was free money, so if the other $5k disappeared, it's no biggie to me, and I'm not lifting a finger to help."
Would you be pissed?
Would I be an unappreciative ingrate?
The answer to both questions would be YES.