On October 31, Legoo confirmed the breakup of BBL Esports when he was dragged into the money laundering on Twitch. Earlier, an old friend revealed to Legoo about the opportunity to make money by viewing ads on Twitch and earning bit. Realizing that he had not yet signed a contract with any team, Legoo did not hesitate to agree and participate in the mission.
The total amount of the player born in 1996 earned 2,000 USD, and he will divide with the remaining members of the group. However, after a short time, Legoo realized that his act of making money was illegal and “begging” his friend to withdraw from the mission. However, everything was too late and Legoo was forced to leave BBL Esports.
Besides Legoo, another Valorant player Ekrem “Logical” Aydin also confirmed that he had participated in the money laundering. Like Legoo, Logicman declares the streaming on Twitch and broke up with BBL Esports. As revealed by Jake Lucky, Legoo and Logical are only two of many players who can be banned by Riot Games for playing money laundering on Twitch.
Also, source from UPCOMER said the ban for participants will be from 1 year to permanently. The streamers and players in Türkiye money laundering is due to information from the stolen bank cards. The scandal of this Esports village can affect 300 streamer and players, and have been transmitted to the ears of the Turkish government.
According to the interpreter Gursel Tekin, the money laundering process started from criminals stealing bank card information, then used that money to give bits to streamers and players. Next, the bits will be converted into cryptocurrencies to divide with criminal organizations. Currently, the Riot Games and Twitch have refused to make more comments on the incident.
The identity of 300 streamer and the player has not been revealed, but the Turkish government proved tough with the scandal that affects the country's eSports village. In the latest development, the brother of the CNED player (Acend), Denn said he was related to the incident but only played an intermediary role, not participating in money laundering.
“We don't need to blame someone to try to cover up what everyone has done. Everyone has reached an adult age and I don't force anyone to do anything. The revenue of the Mehemet channel is very clear, unrelated to money laundering. UPCOMER And asserting yourself clean.
Before Legoo admitted that he participated in the incident, some information was shared by the criminal with Denn through Discord and Twitter. In the message, the criminal said he had given a bit to a streamer to conduct money laundering. Finally, Legoo realized he was tricked when Trot believed in the criminal at the time of struggling with his career.
“I said that someone would see ads from the US, earn bit and send it to me. After that, people will divide the money. This is completely legal. At that time, I did not earn any money from streaming or competing. Even, I had to work and drivers for about 12, 13 hours a day.
“Finally, I realized that the bits were sent in anonymously. At that time, I was suspicious and wanted to give up. However, I was the one who was on the rise.
The money laundering will cause fans to have a negative view of the European Valorant village in general and Türkiye in particular. UPCOMER said, Riot Games will punish players who have wrongdoing, and affect the development of Valorant.
