Logan Paul still hasn't refunded victims of his crypto videogame scam

pcgamer.com:

Logan Paul is one of the biggest influencers in the world, and a one-man brand whose tentacles touch everything from wrestling to podcasts to sugar water. He and fellow influencer KSI have recently scored a major mainstream hit with their endorsement of an energy drink called Prime, but this success has overshadowed one of the dodgier elements of Paul's recent past: a crypto-based videogame that promised the Earth (or, at least, that it would exist), made millions, and now looks very much like a scam.

The whole CryptoZoo scam was exposed by investigative journalist CoffeeZilla in January of this year or, as we put it at the time, Logan Paul just did too many shitty things to fit in this headline. That's because, following the detailed report into this scheme, Paul threatened to sue the journalist before having second thoughts (or being persuaded to have them), apologising, and copping to it before promising refunds.

«I deleted my initial response to Coffee’s series,» said Paul at the time. «It was rash and misaligned with the true issue at hand, so I called him today and apologized… I’m grateful he brought this to light. I will be taking accountability, apologizing, and coming forward with a plan in the near future».

That plan was a promised $1.8 million of Paul's own money going into refunding CryptoZoo backers, through a scheme where any crypto assets people had bought from the game would be bought back at a guaranteed price. All's well that ends well, right?

Six months on that's not quite how it seems. Paul has moved on to his latest highly profitable ventures, mainly making public appearances to shill Prime, and has just decided to ignore the whole CryptoZoo thing and pretend it didn't happen. The way that rich