A French Twitch streamer pretended to raise money for the fight against multiple sclerosis for years. However, it turned out to be a fraud. He kept the money. This came to light at the end of 2019 – the consequences for the streamer are harsh.
Who is it about? The French streamer ANIS13K has been on Twitch since 2014 and is a mid-sized streamer there. He has about 80,000 followers.
Last year, he was on the air for 2700 hours. ANIS13K was involved in all sorts of games. These are the numbers of a full-time streamer grinding Twitch: Large, successful German streamers like MontanaBlack or Gronkh streamed only about 900 hours on Twitch in 2019.
Such entertainer streamers are rare – “grinders” are active on Twitch as often as possible.
On average, between 200 and 340 people watched the French streamer.
What is the streamer accused of? A French Twitter account, “Reveal Truth”, accused the streamer shortly before the New Year of having deceived his community for 4 years. The “charity stream”, which supposedly served a good cause, was nothing more than a facade for a fraud.
The non-profit organization “French Association of Multiple Sclerosis” (AFSEP) received no money. It is said to involve several donations amounting between €1,400 and €5,000 that AFSEP has never seen.
Twitch streamer also wanted “crazy equipment”
How the streamer reacted: ANIS13k went live on January 2nd. The title of the stream was “Fin”, the end. The streamer appeared distraught and desperate. He cried at times. ANIS13k was seen for about 20 minutes.
As Dexerto reports, he admitted in the stream that he made the wrong decision.
It is said that he got into a vicious cycle and owed people money. The streamer had to borrow money to pay off these debts. This continued. He saw how other streamers progressed on Twitch and bought crazy equipment. He wanted that for himself too.
Every time he did it, he knew it was wrong, but he did it anyway.
Streamer asks for forgiveness, announces withdrawal from Twitch
What’s next: The streamer apologizes for his behavior and hopes not to have cast a bad light on French streamers.
He says he is in direct contact with the non-profit organization to find a way to transfer to them the money that was intended for them. The streamer announces that he does not want to stream on Twitch anymore.
In a Discord server, a user said he donated during one of the charity streams and now wants to file a lawsuit. He is in contact with the non-profit organization, they wanted to join the lawsuit.
In contrast to this sad example of a charity stream on Twitch, the German charity stream “Friendly Fire” is considered exemplary. Here, some of the biggest German Twitch streamers gather every year to raise money for various charitable organizations. In 2019, over a million euros were raised during Friendly Fire 5.
