As I post this, it seems to be a developing story. I can't even find anything about it on 4.

Today, someone I'm not familiar with, Hal Lewis, tweeted he was a backer for Maurice Hawkins in the 2016 WSOP and is owed $22,000. He claims to have messages but has not released them and claims he is taking him to court over it.

I personally have only had 2 indirect interactions with Maurice Hawkins, both of which was on the WSOP Circuit tour. He seemed to be both verbally aggressive and aggressive with his play. Likes to play the table bully. Other than that I really know nothing about him.

https://twitter.com/TimReillyPoker/status/880874801262239744