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Update on 1st November 15h30 GMT: <\/strong>Jake Lucky tweeted: “Riot Turkey have confirmed that they cannot issue Valorant pro bans for the Twitch money laundering scandal until all the proper information has been disclosed by Twitch.”<\/p>\n

Original story continues:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hundreds of Turkish Valorant<\/a> pro players and streamers are currently under investigation for allegedly being complicit in a money-laundering scam involving Twitch bits bought fraudulently with stolen credit cards<\/a>. This matter followed after the unusually high earnings of smaller Turkish streamers raised suspicion among members of the online community, who had been digesting the contents of the October Twitch Leaks.<\/p>\n

Riot expected to ban Turkish Valorant pros amid money laundering scandal<\/h2>\n

On 30th October, esports reporter Jake Lucky initially publicised the scandal in a Twitter post, announcing that “dozens of esports players and streamers” were suspected of conspiring in a money-laundering scam using Twitch bit donations.<\/p>\n

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The idea is that the scammers use stolen credit cards to donate bits to streamers, who then give part of it back to the scammers, and keep the rest for themselves <\/p>\n

Many of whom are likely aware that this is dirty money<\/p>\n

— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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