# Holy crap a 9 million + dollar laundering refund scheme on twitch revealed by hackers

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**Created:** [November 5, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-9-million-dollar-laundering-refund-scheme-on-twitch-revealed-by-hackers/953828 "2021-11-05T09:42:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-a-9-million-dollar-laundering-refund-scheme-on-twitch-revealed-by-hackers/953828/1 "2021-11-05T09:42:39Z")

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apparently, some hackers thought it would be funny to acquire info on how much money a lot of people made on twitch  
Well, the law of unintended consequences decided to apply its self and some people notice something odd going down in the lower ranks and caught something going on with several riot games valorant streamers, especially in turkey …

> **[Twitch Money Laundering - $9+ million thought to be laundered](https://www.esports.net/news/twitch-money-laundering-9-million/)**
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> A recent twitch money laundering scandal has hit the platform, this is what's happened and what you need to know about the platform.

> **[Twitch scandal in Turkish esports scene revealed after massive leak](https://www.gosugamers.net/news/55000-twitch-scandal-in-turkish-esports-scene-revealed-after-massive-leak)**
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> Famous streamers from Turkey were linked to a laundering money scam on the streaming platform.

I know twitch has had variouis problems but wow not noticing this?