The Open Hand Charity Scam Is So Much Worse

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The Khalil family seems to have been stealing a lot of money that was supposed to be going to the Open Hand foundation. It also appears as though The Completionist has been keeping the bits, subs, merch profits etc that were supposed to go to the Open Hand foundation.
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[@karljobst]

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[@thedsbrothers]

Where's the money? Collecting dust bunnies bigger than my actual pet bunny

[@foxwolf316]

I won't jirard khalil admit that he's doing something terrible? just like those other people like hulk hogan or lebron james or todd rogers or boogie2988?

[@MurdocIsASaint]

Rev up those defamation lawyers

[@dreadedgoldguy]

The irony of putting a sponsor on a video talking about charity fraud lmao.

[@TehPwnographer]

Are we getting receipts for the Karl Jobst Legal Defence Fund?

[@treyparkerofficial]

I commented in the last video about how I've donated hundreds to them for dementia/ Alzheimer's research. Since then, I've pulled all of proofs and documentation, and filed a formal complaint and have also filed for a civil suit, for anyone interested the case is filed in Saint Clair Michigan and was filed 11/27/23. Will be posting updates

[@durhamskater3212]

Curious how that will go

[@treyparkerofficial]

​@@durhamskater3212honestly so am I. But doesn't hurt to try.

[@renyk4903]

best of luck my friend!

[@mrfrowny]

​@@treyparkerofficialAre you just doing this solo? I feel like this situation would also work as a class-action suit to people who donated as well who want their money back as well

[@afunnymans]

Best of luck to you, and to anyone else who follows suit.

[@ElDuderino999]

The irony: If only they had donated at least that reported money to actual charity, their embezzlement of the other money would have gone completely unnoticed.

[@YuengsNwings]

It’s likely that money is either sitting in their own bank accounts, stuffed in a mattress, or already spent. The reason it hasn’t been donated is there is no money left to donate.

[@ElDuderino999]

@@YuengsNwingsWell I suppose that along with the yearly IRS filings there has to be at least some bank document to prove the account balance at the end of the tax period. If not: Holy moly, the US tax system would have much more severe issues I guess.

[@NateLeonhart]

@@ElDuderino999 At this point, nothing short of an audited bank statement is going to prove that the money is still there.

[@WhatsMikeUpTo]

@@ElDuderino999AFAIK you don’t have to back up any of those numbers that you report to the IRS unless you get audited. That’s when they actually check. Hence why we need to fund the IRS way more so that rich mofos can be held accountable and actually pay the taxes that all of us low class people do. Let alone change the laws so they actually pay taxes in the first place. Lol

[@josh-kf2rd]

@@WhatsMikeUpTo 22% of federal tax revenue comes from the top 1%

[@Go_away__]

If you go back like 6 years…when KZbin was changing its algorithm, Jirard complained in almost every video about not making enough money. Now look at him today and he has less views than ever, yet somehow owns a studio, pays a staff of writers, and makes enough profit to live in a highly expensive area. The dude is stealing money somehow.

[@FoolsJourney4]

Somehow ? It’s clear how in this video

[@kicapanmanis1060]

It isn't 100% proof of guilt but there's more than enough to initiate a formal investigation by the authorities.

[@scottcolpitts8521]

I remember that! He was almost on the verge of tears!

[@Garcatch]

Lol I always wondered how he afforded a studio with staff and writers and everything. Like his videos get maybe a few 100k views at most, not sure how someone can make enough money off of that to afford all that, well I guess we may know now

[@RPGManoWar]

Okay this is not trying to defend Jirard at all, but there's also the introduction of his Twitch streaming and Patreon revenue, he had a job at G4 that paid well, etc. Sure his YT ad revenue is probably low but he has other revenue streams, like most other content creators do these days.

[@captaincookie72]

The fact that he says they don't know who to donate to while simultaneously saying elsewhere that they were working with a few places is crazy

[@DonNextDoor286]

Scamming is one thing, scamming with a CHARITY is far more diabolical

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

It literally happens all the time lol. A sky high percentage of charities are scams or have heavy scam elements. Easiest way to make suckers part with their cash is to tug on their heart strings

[@OneCentWonder]

Scamming with a charity to honor your deceased mother is demonic

[@UOUPv2]

Hot take. Scamming with a charity is probably the most ethical type of scam if we're going to rank such a thing. A bunch of scams involve stealing money from people who can't afford to lose anything such as retired folks who lose thousands of dollars to "Microsoft tech support". Taking people's money for a charity without actually donating the money to a charity is taking money away from people who can't afford to lose it at least.

[@kevo300]

@@UOUPv2 yeah robbing a blind person is more ethnical than robbing a person with vision 🤔

[@skachor]

And using the tragic sickness that afflicted a close family member to do so. 🤮

[@elimanator]

A lot of people are focusing on how disgusting it is to steal from a charity and rightfully so. But for me as someone who was raised by their grandmother and lost her to Alzheimer’s, it is far more grotesque to me that they have been stealing from the kindness of strangers in their deceased mother’s name. It’s one thing to rationalize stealing from strangers, plenty of criminals do that. But to do it in the name of the one you loved and lost is a special type of evil

[@machineofadream]

Agreed. They are victimizing their mother. If I die, and my kids use my death as a way to steal money through the kindness of strangers, I'd feel absolutely violated if I could see that happening.

[@laeeg7412]

@@machineofadreambro, Jirard’s mom died rather quickly as his Career was taking off from being a small time youtuber who works at Best Buy. They “Donated” the mom’s body to research. The whole research thing is a scam. They didn’t donate shit, they offed the mom as exchange for some sort of money laundering scheme. This shit’s bad.

[@savage_optimist]

THIS

[@Sqwivig]

​@@laeeg7412Do you have a source for that claim? I know that Jirard isn't exactly a good guy but that seems far fetched to me. Please provide a source for your information. If you can't do that, then don't spread misinformation. If you want to accuse someone of wrongdoing you have to provide EVIDENCE.

[@momzwrite]

​@@laeeg7412woahh dude, thats too much

[@ShimmyDigg]

they also spelled "dementia" wrong on their PBD West Charity event sign, shown at 4:27. they spelled it "Dimentia"

[@arena_sniper7869]

😂😂😂 That’s so lazy lol.

[@MrZacdeath]

Must have forgotten how it was spelt.

[@andosaurush]

They also spell 'San Francisco' incorrectly when discussing UCSF on their website (shown in Karl's other vids on this) 🤦‍♂

[@PheseantNetsuke]

that's another crime right there

[@KJShinra]

Stealing money by using a charity dedicated to your deceased mother is some vile, irredeemable shit

[@zickykane5206]

Cept that isn't at all what happened.

[@completelytransparent6320]

@@zickykane5206 your right, lying about it makes it so much worse

[@Menorahdude]

Not really. His mom would have supported it.

[@FurQ69]

Her spinal chord is about the only thing that did support it until last week.@@Menorahdude

[@alexnovikov4356]

cant expect more from a "khalil"

[@alejandrojimenez144]

The most messed up part about this is that he lost HIS MOM to dementia. He has first hand experience with the illness and still decided to scam people by using his story to draw people to a fake charity. If this was premeditated this is another level of evil

[@RickyBlickey]

His mom never had dimentia. It was a control tactic cause she wanted a divorce and spent 500k with her new man. She was then forced to doctors and had dimentia show she didn’t have the power to divorce. Jirard obviously holds Ill will towards his mom for trying to leave his dad

[@liminalcriminal_]

It doesn’t matter that he lost his mom and it doesn’t matter if it’s premeditated. Idk how people look at morality this way. What matters is the impact on the victims

[@B-Diddy-6]

There are people who would sell their parents for whatever they could. Steal from them, rob them, etc. It sucks when it ends up being someone you least expect, but that's why they are so successful. You never expect them to be that person.

[@devote]

​@@liminalcriminal_more than one thing can matter. Gheez.

[@mandowarrior123]

Don't let a tragedy go to waste.

[@JillLulamoon]

Jirad seems like a great example of "Just because you're a nice guy, doesn't mean you're a good guy."

[@lukeshioshio]

He doesn't even seem nice. He seems like an asshole. Like when he was flipping out at a Walmart employee.

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@arran4285]

But you don't understand the people around him on twitter said he is a Good guy who wouldn't do this!!!

[@ChrisBear1989]

This would be more of a seemingly good guy hiding a lot of things. Its the internet so it isnt' too surprising. Still hurts.

[@user-nq2oz8tf2l]

I guess everyone's magical detectors were off for some reason. People fall for this stuff constantly because of popularity.

[@ReiHost]

The fact that this whole thing seems to center around Daddy's golf tournament, sponsored by Daddy's company wherein the proceeds of which was then administrated by Daddy, makes me immediately think: "Oh, money laundering and tax evasion. Got it."

[@gvohardcore]

It's important that people (specially the less mature / less aged ones) understand that this is not just another controversy, just another internet drama... it's a structured crime, with massive deception, audience and professionals being deceived and used as a front for a scam, possibly embezzlement, not to mention the real victims being harmed... the ones suffering from the mental diseases that are not getting the help promised. Very disgusting stuff indeed.

[@Skylancer727]

Well at best they can claim criminal negligence, at worst literal embellishment. Best case for them is they're terrible accountants and they've been too lazy to find a way to donate the money. This one still looks incredibly bad though as Jirard claims he knew the money hadn't gone anywhere for over a year and didn't do anything about it himself. The worst case is that money may not actually even exist and they pocketed all of it. We don't actually have any proof the money is in the bank account like they claim and at most we just have their personal filing and Jirard claiming he knew it was just sitting in an account. It could just be them pushing the problem away or hiding away till they can find money to replace it.

[@booradley6832]

@@Skylancer727 Not quite. If they spent the money that they got through a charity filing, they passed around the tax man on the way. He really does not like that. Especially when its clearly a plan set up to do it and not some strange accident or failure to understand the law. Tax evasion is the most serious of the crimes listed, and the most likely to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Negligence, fraud, misrepresenting yourself as helping the less fortunate? That's all well and good as far as crime and punishment goes but not paying your taxes? That's a line you cant cross. Despite not being able to nail Al Capone on the violent criminal charges, they got him for tax evasion because of unclaimed wealth he had and it was enough to put him away for the rest of his life.

[@Skylancer727]

@booradley6832 I think people way under estimate how many people get away with tax evasion for decades. As long as the numbers are reported in a way that doesn't stand out noticeablely they could easily get away with it. Al Capone as you said was charged with tax fraud from his illegitimate business. Even if your business is illegal its still by law requires to pay taxes. But he ran that business for 16 years till being charged. Even Trump is just now being charged with filing reports on the values of his properties inaccurately even though he's been doing so for over 20 years. I mean he was even reporting Trump Tower as being a whole floor higher since it was first established and that was even in the news back then. The government doesn't know everything.

[@mikev8746]

Yeah literally, this TikTok generation think everything is just drama you take sides on. This is fucking theft if proven correct man 😂

[@Arcessitor]

​@@Skylancer727I don't think even your best case checks out. Even if they were lazy, it is entirely permissible to use a charity's revenue to pay for a third party accountant to take care of such affairs for you - meaning you don't have to do a damn thing. The fact they have not means there is only one answer.

[@HL-pp6cl]

The clips of the Completionist surrounded by mint condition games and collectibles, doubled with this overhead narration of "Where did the money go?" are killing me

[@TheK4man]

i was just thinking that meself lol

[@ShadowEclipse777]

I mean he does make a lot of money off KZbin. I think his extended family siphoning the money away is more likely than things he can easily buy with his Completionist and Beard Bros. money

[@Solorflare99]

To be fair he does make a lucrative living off his YT channel and more. None the less the optics is still funny.

[@connorgillispie7128]

Lol and the girls at 4:38 (Mandy Muse on the right) I wonder how much he paid them they’re pros

[@Pixelman546]

Not to mention the video where he bought every e-shop game. I always thought that video was a little sketchy

[@FluffehStuff274]

This is why I reported them. Took a week to hear back, but got a confirmation that the complaint was received. Go ahead and file a complaint. Tell them you want an audit and and an answer for where the money is. Link these videos from Karl and SomeOrdinaryGamers to make their job easier. Link the podcast that The Completionist responds in as it contains verbal statements from an owner of the Open Hands Foundation. Don't just say "scam," be specific about what they seem to have done and demand specific outcomes like and audit etc. make it actionable.

[@yofyo]

the long con is to hold it for so long that their charity could continuously shave into it with 'administrative costs' until it was all gone

[@MajorKatsuragi86]

I’m betting the money is in the background of every completionist video you can watch. 😂

[@FurQ69]

@@MajorKatsuragi86 a good portion is definitely in his gut.

[@samholdsworth420]

@@MajorKatsuragi86 😂

[@Chubbajawa]

​@@MajorKatsuragi86the money is in the banana stand

[@SonicBoone56]

The fact his family has scammed MULTIPLE charities and some large corporations, not to mention seemingly half the internet, means there's very little chance there WON'T be lawsuits up the ass.

[@acc314]

Nothing wrong with scamming large corporations, but fucking over charities is deeply evil

[@MrAweeze]

​@@acc314and thousands of innocent fans

[@TonyHoyle]

@@acc314 Sure, but large corporations have corporate lawyers who you *really* don't want to piss off.

[@nomore6167]

@@acc314 "Nothing wrong with scamming large corporations, but fucking over charities is deeply evil" - If you believe it is acceptable to scam large corporations, then you are part of the problem. Scamming ANYBODY (individual, charity, company, organization, corporation, etc), large or small, is wrong.

[@ojigbo]

​@@nomore6167 The point being that large corporations have more money to spend.

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

Jirared didn't respond to any of the golf tournament stuff, interesting.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

Very interesting indeed...

[@Nefi424]

The worst part is how Jirard has been portrayed by himself and others as a charitable, generous, and uplifting person for so long. It's unbelievable and at this point inexcusable. Shame on you and your family, Jirard. Shame on you.

[@SerpentineJack99]

It is really easy to act that way when you’re spending other people’s money.

[@multiclassical]

how do you know any of this is accurate? how do you know anything about what jirard is doing with his charity? you don't know anything yet you are casting stones. shame on you.

[@hahalerymc6878]

​​@@multiclassicalmake a video debunking this video then if you are so confident about all of this being wrong instead of sitting on your behind and act like you are part of this story. I don't expect much from someone who lives in the Seberia prison judging by your pfp anyway

[@SerpentineJack99]

*The Entire Families charity; which makes this so much less believable it’s due to negligence. If everyone from the immediate family is running this, how did no one know they were holding onto the money. 😂

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

@@multiclassical While we can't say for sure what Jirard is doing, we have plenty of evidence of what he's not doing. And one of the things he's not doing proves he's doing charity fraud.

[@lehran2516]

This man has both Coke and Pepsi sponsoring his golf event! That's an Avengers team up of lawyers waiting to happen.

[@AnUndecidedApple]

Yeah stealing a bunch of smaller sums of money from a large group of people is one thing, but stealing money from some huge corporations like that who have a reputation to uphold is another. Be interesting to see if they catch wind of all this and if they act on it.

[@VMC_Boy]

How much cola do these golfers need?!

[@katier9725]

@@VMC_Boy ALL the cola!

[@TheUnGhost]

Gotta admit, it's pretty ballsy.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Dr Pepper there too, who are third place in terms of soda brands in America. Crazy to get all three of them.

[@CoenBijpost]

They were honestly probably banking on the fact that golf and gaming don’t have that much overlap. So by creating one false front for both “charities”, they could always point towards the money coming from legitimate donations, while also being able to use one of the income streams as pure profit. The fact that you connected the dots probably has them scared shitless right now… Gg, man, scaring criminals is a fantastic thing!

[@thingsturnout]

Batman agrees

[@garthmuller4468]

Hi Karl. I am an accountant and i think your approach to this as a non accountant has been very fair. I have audited charities before and we identify materiality very low for charities. That means we do a lot of testing. In cases where cash receipts from doner's are material we will qualify our audit reports. Im very interested in whether the auditors qualified their report. A cash balance of R600k is clearly material. So i would love to know what their Annual Financial Statements (AFS) say. Based on their AFS and its auditor's report, even the auditors may be in trouble

[@garthmuller4468]

i think you should request their AFS in order to see the auditor's report. It will tell you a lot

[@jellywillreturn]

If this is a legitimate tip, I would contact Karl through his business email listed on his Twitter. He likely will not see this comment.

[@sws212]

@@garthmuller4468 Auditor reports don't exist for a charity that small; they're generally only required unless you're a publicly traded company or a party requests it contractually like a lender. Whatever they're doing, it doesn't seems like they're very good at it so I wouldn't expect much from financials, either.

[@garthmuller4468]

@@jellywillreturn in my country we have auditing regulations for all charities and as an accountant/auditor my firm has performed a lot of audits engagements on charities and have prepared Annual Financial Statements in this regard. We have to issue an annual audit report where we indicate whether we were not able to substantiate all cash donations received. Unless the charities provide supporting documentation that provide a sufficient audit trail. I cannot see how the golfing cash donations, youtube donations etc were not material. I would love to know if this charity received an unqualified auditor's report. I just cannot see it. And if so, i would approach the US auditors regulators to find out. SomeOrdinaryGamers also did a good job explaining that net profits from the golfing events do not matter. Gross revenue matters. Im an old guy so dont know you to use twitter. just wanted to give an opinion of someone who audits charities

[@user-te2pb6bf8i]

If it makes anyone feel any better, I contacted PayPal and got my $100 donation back (donated in the most recent indie land). Fuck em. P.S, I donated to my local animal shelter, I know that doesn't help the charities that have been robbed over 600k but at least I know I can trust them!

[@simpson6700]

good, always donate directly to where your money should go, not a 3rd party.

[@LOL-gn5oh]

At least you donated more than Jirard and his family ever did for a decade.

[@DR3ADER1]

I would suggest NOT donating to ANY charity, full stop. With fraudsters about, leave NOTHING to doubt.

[@Zhtrik]

@@DR3ADER1That’s a bit much.

[@minilathemayhem]

Good place to donate it to, local animal shelters are way under funded, unfortunately

[@Nyxxeonn]

This whole situation is bad enough, but the fact that the whole "charity" was started in the name of their mother who passed away makes it even more sickening.

[@pilgrimspromise1132]

New info indicates they may have hated her

[@Fluffleclaws]

Yeah, to do something like this on your MOTHER'S GRAVE is the best way to speedrun yourself into a special pit of hell.💀

[@williamlaubach3285]

It seems like the truest form of my younger self that thought "wow, im on top of the world, what could possibly go wrong with all my little schemes". So glad I grew out of any form of that before I became a famous youtuber nearly embezzling half a million dollars

[@Fluffleclaws]

@@williamlaubach3285 Idk if that's something you wanna admit to haha. Even if you were young at the time. 😅

[@AzurePrower]

@@pilgrimspromise1132 Probably didn't get enough inheritance money from her. This is their way of getting it?

[@adamadeptus3686]

All of the people who donated to Open Hand shpuld band together and file a massive class action lawsuit against them for fraud, misuse of funds, and deception against charity donors.

[@MetaBinding]

With how Karl is talking about the upcoming response video, and how well Muta's response destroyed Jirard's video, this weekend will go insane from the release.

[@thejedisonic67]

@@garretdrake2347 Alright Jirard

[@Mystra]

​@garretdrake2347 or you're wrong

[@synical13]

@@garretdrake2347 You might want to switch your brain on and try watching it again. I'm pretty sure that showing someone clearly contradicting themselves qualifies as destruction.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@garretdrake2347 Nice alt account, Jirard.

[@jakescourage]

Jirard doesn't deserve to call himself the completionist, when he couldnt even complete his scam

[@KorruptedFlame]

No worries since he'll likely be completing a stint in jail soon 😂

[@PCFROMVCS]

The man completed every FNAF game and yet he cant even complete charity

[@loafofbrave]

He found a game breaking bug, unfortunately

[@schnarfschnarf5886]

AAHHH stuff

[@ballistic2527]

ok, this made me lol

[@RadiantMantra]

What's so insane about this is that seeing a family member, especially someone as close as your mother go through dementia, changes people. It is just about the worst thing that can happen to a family, and to go through it and STILL use it as an excuse to scam people is beyond unethical.

[@RisingRevengeance]

My grandma is currently going through it and it's my first time experiencing it. We've always been very close and it's just so sad to see her slowly disappear. To think he can do this after seeing his own mother is baffling.

[@Harry-mb4cs]

Nah the dementias' contagious that's why Jirard forgot to donate it. He also forgot to link the Golf donations

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Yeah, if I start going that way I'm going to skydive without a parachute. Go out in a fun way without the sadness.

[@Bourgit]

Couldn't it just be a lie?

[@timmyman9677]

Agreed, and nice pfp

[@D3cepti0ns]

Thanks for indirectly donating 600k to dimentia research and families that suffer from it.

[@Doncroft1]

I doubt the money exists anymore. Embezlers don't steal just to sit on money. They use it.

[@DieHardjagged]

I say it again, never donate to a middleman who claims to donate the money then to a charity, because shit like this probably wont happen then.

[@dm.3145]

well said

[@ianwulf24]

Excellent point. Better to donate directly to reputable charities if you really want to support their cause.

[@y2jjerichoy2js]

I’m so sick and tired of seeing people I’ve looked up to for years being exposed as scumbags . Jirard is nuts if he thinks he can just sweep this under the rug

[@dadmitri4259]

probably not karl is burning said rug

[@phyllojoe5346]

If Karl ever did something horrible and it came to light I think I would stop trusting any youtubers, period

[@vacuumblink2300]

Karl is next

[@mirasbrush4607]

Just do what I do. Live your life as ethically as you can, fight for change where you can, enjoy what you can, and forget heroes. The most powerful and influential are there because they're charismatic, not because of merit, and many will turn out to abuse their power. That's just how power works. Forget Heroes, enjoy your life.

[@loserfur]

Lmao imagine looking up to Jirard 🤣

[@MatthewFronsoe]

Thanks, Karl. I'm setting a reminder to hit the library in the morning to print the complaint form and send it out. My grandfather died of FTD. I donated for many years during Indieland in his memory. I will be like a dog with a bone about this. This is personal to me and, I'm sure, so many others.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

You can also directly sue him & the company in civil court for fraud. You’re a victim: because they took money from you after lying to you about what they were going to do with it. This is fraud. I’d recommend you talk to a civil attorney near you that does commercial cases like this. They usually do the first consult for free.

[@alemswazzu]

Sorry to hear that. I can't imagine how pissed I'd be. I am just thinking about it.

[@MasterLPG]

@@user-wl2xl5hm7k *I wonder how this will impact his cameo appearance over on Sea of Stars, one of the indies prominently featured on IndieLand, seeing how much bad press he is getting alongside all of this being exposed and possibly looking bad on that game with his infamous quote of "Have you found any new donations?" on said game here?*

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Good on you. Make these bastards pay.

[@ichcoolichdani]

I am so sorry to hear that. You are absolutely in your right to be mad about this. At this point in time, OHF misused and toyed with ppl, their personal experience and feelings for 10 years. This just makes your blood boil, thinking about it. Whish you the best, and sending some love and positiveness your way. You deserved better.

[@creaturalshade7054]

"Open Hand" is a very appropriate name for a charity scam. Their hand is open, please place some money in it.

[@tommykarrick9130]

This is so depressing because just recently I was thinking about how cool it is that jirard’s gone so long without a single major controversy and how he’s remained so cool and nice over the years. Haven’t watched him in years but I just had him in the back of my head as a cool funny dude.

[@ElysetheEevee]

Same, actually. I watched a video of his not too long ago and remember thinking how it was cool that he's remained so solid over all these years. Even though I was never a HUGE fan of his, just a casual watcher over the last 6-7 years, it was still quite shocking and disappointing to hear of all of this....

[@Yoshi278]

Actually one of the lamest dudes ever and I have no idea how he's ever had a following.

[@Mintcar923]

I didn’t agree with a lot of his ratings and I thought he had an annoying voice.. But still his videos were always entertaining.. I subscribed and watched his channel here and there.. Maybe it’s the G4 curse lol

[@CFunk33]

Open Hand really changed my life for the better. -Billy Mitchell

[@landofthenoobs]

Statement adjudicated by Todd Rodgers.

[@beardlifeman]

Billy should donate to Open Hand now that he has a break from Karl 😂

[@Azatosu]

​@@landofthenoobsTodd Todgers*

[@garagavia]

😂

[@Cinna_Rolls]

It gets even worse if you look into his dad's business endeavors/filings. From how shady BPD West is, the changing of the company desription and website info constantly, and how much of a sham/shell company it clearly is, I believe the charity is used as a tax break for his family. They would funnel it out from Open Hand by putting themselves as payroll executives and drain it over time as retirement wages, under the radar when no one paid attention. BPD West is classified as a "Delaware Company", meaning BPD doesn't pay income tax. This is common for shell companies. BPD's claims of services and inventions are laughable and completely false (cigarette rack holder? Seriously?). They provide no service and no merchandise, so what *Do* they do? The name "Open Hand" was chosen on purpose to muddy waters, as people would confuse it for "Project Open Hand", a legitimate charity donating to UCSF. Jirard and his family have setup an entire charity fraud scam from top to bottom, years in the making.

[@michaelmacorso4479]

Man that is shady stuff. How long they thought they could get away with this? This is not sustainable to keep doing before you get caught. Using his dead mom to get donations is so damn horrible to.

[@meathir4921]

There’s actually another charity that one of the filings has an address for, the “Open Hands Foundation”, see ~8:30 in the video, so I think they’re trying to smokescreen intentionally.

[@poopeater53]

Yeah, his dad is definitely the mastermind behind all this. Career slimeball

[@Cinna_Rolls]

​@@poopeater53That's what I'm thinking too. He claims to own gas stations, but it looks like he cut deals on Florida gas and sold it to stations in other states at a markup. TOVG office is in the *same* building as BPD and his brother's TOVG corporate office, so it's clear his family pressured him into it or they all planned this and Jirard is the fall guy.

[@iantingen]

😮 is the paper trail laid out somewhere in one spot? I’d love to look at it.

[@mkjirak]

4:27 Wow, they are so committed to dementia research they couldn't even bother to spell dementia correctly! Freaking unbelievable.

[@schnitzelboi]

The placard at 4:30 even misspells the word 'dementia', smh

[@VisiV]

I feel pretty bad for all the people who appeared on stream with them, and the artists and designers who worked on their projects.

[@The_Gamers_Gamer]

What if they're terrible people too tho?

[@Redrum2445]

@@The_Gamers_Gamer Yeah what if? And what if not? Present evidence or continue onward. Moot point.

[@KerythDraws]

@@The_Gamers_Gamer And what if the moons made of cheese? You can apply that same question to literally everyone who donated to him and its really a pointless question without any basis of evidence.

[@Sir_Adam]

@@The_Gamers_Gamer I would assume that most of the KZbinr guests had no idea what was going on.

[@Floura0100]

@@The_Gamers_GamerMeaningless statement.

[@mnpaladin]

Weird thing I noticed: at 8m 33s, the contribution to the Open Hand Foundation is using the address of a completely different foundation, the Open Hands Foundation. That address in Excelsior, MN belongs to Westwood Community Church, and one of their outreach foundations, Open Hands, plural, is a youth shelter program in the Twin Cities MN area. Don't know what that means, but thought I'd bring it up. Thanks for all you do Karl!

[@DWLooney1]

Those sorts of errors were discussed in Karl's original video. IIRC he originally attributed those errors to incompetence but at this point it seems likely to be intentional....

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

LMFAO BRO YOU'RE RIGHT. She wrote the check to the wrong charity. lmfaooooooo That's not on them, that's on Jamie Lee Curtis's charity being incompetent and just Googling the address and using the first result. Kappa. The funny thing is... Open Hands in Minnesota probably used the $25,000 for their Community, so that's actually a silver lining!!!!

[@mattshuey1]

It's beginning to look like they intentionally chose the name "open hand" intentionally to try and trick people into thinking it was another more reputable charity org. As more info comes out it looks more and more like all of this was intentionally set up with malicious forethought, not a series of unfortunate mishaps.

[@DR3ADER1]

@@mattshuey1 It's what many fraudulent shell companies do, they use their fake name to create ambiguation between their fraudulent organization and an unrelated, legitimate one with similar wording. An odd spelling here, a missed character letter there, a misplaced hyphen in between, and voila! You have yourselves a false flag front shielding your fraudulent activities.

[@aTerraxia]

But the donation also says in Honor of Karen Khalil which was Jirard's mother, so it was definitely meant for Open Hand Foundation.

[@jonl13]

Welcome to The Completionist, where we don’t really fundraise for charity - we just keep em.

[@topdogalpha]

He could have just donated the claimed stuff and kept the golf momey and NOONE would have ever found out. The greed is unreal

[@erikaisadiah]

So glad you and SomeOrdinaryGamer aren't letting this go, despite getting backlash yourselves. Thank you both for being such Absolute Legends

[@chucknorris2418]

They've gotten backlash for exposing a scamming grifter? Then again shouldn't be surprised. Simps never fail to defend ethots like SSSniperWhore or PokiThot so even this dude likely has his delusional followers. Jirard wouldn't do this or we are just jealous. I can see it now

[@DrGreenThumbNZL]

There are probably way more scammers ,i would bet beatemups pockets most of his donation to charity's.

[@tonypacino7034]

Agreed

[@crossdaboss8914]

​@@DrGreenThumbNZLthen look into it and not just think somone pockets charity money cause you don't like them

[@DrGreenThumbNZL]

@@crossdaboss8914 What kind of manbaby watches beatemups? 😂

[@andresgarcia-eh6oj]

You know the situation is really bad if Karl makes a follow up video. I can only imagine the completionist face when this notification pops up for him

[@Jh9801]

I think there will be multiple follow up videos. He is only commenting on stuff he is absolutely confident in, as he confirms more I think more will come out.

[@FurQ69]

Depends if he's set up an Internet connection in Bangladesh yet.

[@TheFruitingChamber]

@@FurQ69should have scammed more shit 700k isn’t enough to live the rest of his life in hiding xD what a p.o.s

[@EdinMike]

@@FurQ69I’ve been going down the comments for a while now and that’s the first one that made me chuckle 😂

[@phillipnevonen8842]

Just saw the response video, and that triggered a thought. Jirad claims that they changed from private foundation to public charity in 2016, which does change some donation rules, but between 2014 and 2016 as a private foundation they were required to donate a minimum of 5% of the foundation's value every year in a rolling average throughout each year. Governmental documents make my eyes bleed, but my folks put together a private foundation from my grandparents wealth after they passed and that's been one of my folks discussions every year, making sure they have kept above that minimum. And after that, public charities usually have disbursement minimums but I am unaware of what they are.

[@keanu7318]

homie never apologize about doing a sponsor we love your content make sure you take care of you and your family

[@katier9725]

I'm considered poor by my country's standards and my mother has a chronic sickness, and I still donate some money then and when if I can, so this REALLY hurts. Scammers are already bad enough, but scamming while pretending to do charity for a public cause is a whole new level of evil!

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Maybe this will serve as a red pill for you to actually give money to your local community instead of giving it to a bunch of rich assholes

[@tyyamnitz8408]

You’re a good person and scammers can’t take that away from you

[@Que5oFre5co]

If people let bad people stop them from being good, the world would be a lot worse. Don't let bad people change you.

[@jordanleon4881]

i wish i had more money to donate more. sometimes when i go out and buy something for a few dollars and pay with a a 20 and say you can keep the change. gave a lyft driver a 20 dollar bill and was like happy Halloween and walked into my crappy waffle house serving job at the time. i dont see how these rich fucks cant even afford to donate a dollar

[@markrobinson7975]

Wishing you and your Mum all the best.

[@chsjustinvanness]

Well at least you can say they picked a hilariously ironic name for their fake charity. "Open Hand" makes you think of honesty and transparency.

[@Spacemongerr]

Or a clever reference to how it is an open-handed slap in the face to donators

[@Gatorade69]

Or an open hand wanting a handout.

[@symmetryjoking4363]

Or it’s like a magician exposing his empty, open hand after performing a trick. “Here’s the money in my hand, and now, poof, there it goes. Where’s the money? Where did it go???”

[@NerfPlayeR135]

Open Hand? More like Closed Fist.

[@xaropevic7918]

Or how money escapes through their hands

[@annorabelle]

He really used his dead mom for clout and to scam folks. Damn.

[@EliteOcto]

jirard when he activates fraud mode instead of beard mode

[@heathharrison4969]

This genuinely makes me sad. Years ago I lost my job and was so depressed. I latched on to the beard bros and watched their play throughs for some sort of companionship and laughs. It helped alot. I eventually started feeling better on my own and stopped watching the beard bros, but I always had warm feelings seeing Alex and Jirard. This feels like such a betrayal. Thank you fir bringing this to light.

[@azechase6597]

Hopefully though, Alex and Brett and the rest aren't involved with this stuff

[@aidanhogan-thomas1797]

I can't hear the name Stanley Tucci without thinking of beard bros. Man. This one sucks.

[@FredWallace18]

This is how I feel too. It sucks seeing that someone I viewed as a largely decent force for good is probably the opposite. I know people calling him out for being scummy are probably right, but I'm too sad to be angry yet.

[@watyes7546]

fir

[@justskip4595]

You may enjoy the art and have different opinions on the artist. Just think of the amount of musicians out there that people listen to that they either do not know much about or even care to know. Also the cases that despite knowing, they still enjoy the music. It is also understandable that with "influencers" (I hate that word) people feel betrayal and other such feelings more than with music artists. That separation of art and artist doesn't excuse the questions of legality or other such things. This charity should be audited. Also, I am not fan of completionist, watched maybe 2 videos ever.

[@CasmsVR]

We can't let this be silenced and be ignored, they need to held accountable for that stagnant money that could have helped a charity.

[@earlthepearl6414]

He was clearly planning on keeping it. It's not rocket surgery.

[@tristanclose5803]

This. Even if it wasn't intentional, it was incredibly negligent. It's looking like they knew well what they were doing, such a disappointment.

[@yofyo]

the long con is to hold it for so long that their charity could continuously shave into it with 'administrative costs' until it was all gone

[@FurQ69]

@@tristanclose5803 how was this not "intentional" whatsoever ?

[@Hangnailer47]

@@earlthepearl6414when you say rocket surgery do you mean using a rocket to perform a surgery or cutting open a rocket and performing the surgery on the rocket?

[@slowkugaming4945]

"It's not stolen because they haven't spent it." Except the fact they have lead people on about donating money which in turn gained more donations. People are more likely to donate to something that has already given than they are something that hasn't.

[@joshmcgootermier2301]

Love the criticism of this video being sponsored. It's not like Karl is being shady with the money that he's receiving and clearly this investigation took time and KJ has to earn a living. Its not as though he claimed the sponsor money would go to charity.

[@graysheep189]

People acting like journalism should be strictly non-profit.

[@amy_grace]

He's "pocketing" that sponsorship money and laughing all the way to the grocery store, I'm sure

[@TheAbigailDee]

Even if we believed Jirard was telling the truth.... He had a YEAR to deal with this. And even like 2 weeks ago, he was still raising funds for NOTHING. This is nasty.

[@GuruFromEHRPG]

that's really it EVEN if Jirad is telling the truth and he had next to no clue what was going on It's still a bad look and he is getting the shame he deserves

[@randomhappenings]

I mean it wasn't for nothing it's for his family's already inflated bank accounts😂

[@DillonMagreveous]

@@GuruFromEHRPGit’s not as bad but he would t be without blame. I hope it’s that case because Jirard seems like a goof guy

[@connorgillispie7128]

Who is the pornstar on the right at 4:38?

[@naterbertue9273]

i mean theyve only taken from the bank. never donated@@GuruFromEHRPG

[@toxicroak_gaming6754]

its kinda weird how they tried to make excuses saying they had not found a good group to donate to. Don't you usually know who youre donating too BEFORE you start a charity?

[@hirotakasugi4891]

Especially since he's name dropping organizations saying they're working and donating to them

[@DiscordedHaru]

On top of lying about whom he was delivering to

[@lasskinn474]

it's not really that weird, you see he lied and he knew he lied and he isn't actually really supersmart so he tried lying some more.

[@fumoffu_l]

@@lasskinn474 Not super smart? You mean the guy that fired his best friend for asking for more money so he could eat and pay rent, forced said best friend to sign and NDA, then immediately broke the rules of that NDA the next day, isn't super smart?

[@MasterLPG]

@@hirotakasugi4891 *I wonder how this will impact his cameo appearance over on Sea of Stars, one of the indies prominently featured on IndieLand, seeing how much bad press he is getting alongside all of this being exposed and possibly looking bad on that game with his infamous quote of "Have you found any new donations?" on said game here?*

[@Tough_luck_kid]

Not only do I not care about the ad, but you were so respectful about the way you inserted it that I actually didn’t skip it. You work hard, you and your family should live well.

[@netherportals]

Yikes; 2003: 20yrs of scamming.

[@netherportals]

Yo they donated 600k$

[@Krim_The_Crow]

This whole situation has one undeniable fact, spoken by Jirard himself, and that's that he knew the money hadn't been donated in 2022, and after a whole year it hadn't yet been, and he STILL ran indie land while claiming the money had gone to specific cherry picked charities. That was in the very first video. This new stuff with the golf tournament, and their books not balancing makes this even more worse. And even if you're waiting to here Jirards "side," what excuse could there possibly even be for the above? Even if he's the biggest bumbling idiot on the planet, and his family are the ones running the con, if he knew LAST YEAR, indie land shouldn't've happened this year. Any one defending him while knowing that are being willingly stupid.

[@MasterLPG]

I wonder how this will impact Jirard's cameo appearance over on Sea of Stars, one of the indies prominently featured on IndieLand, seeing how much bad press he is getting alongside all of this being exposed and possibly looking bad on that game with his infamous quote of *"Have you found any new donations?"* on said game here?

[@Phyrrax]

​@@MasterLPGstop spamming this, nobody gives a fuck about a cameo in an indie game. He can easily be replaced.

[@estoylaroca]

Exactly. It's just simple logic. He admitted he knows that the money hasn't been donated. He knows that no one else is donating the money. Which just means he knows that the money is literally in his bank. So why then would he say that the money is being donated to X charity? It's clearly just a blatant lie. What is there to explain? There's clearly no need to hear his side, because he already said what his side is. Is that he lied about donating the money to charity.

[@covereye5731]

I of course would still really like to hear his side regardless.

[@FlagpoleGlitch]

Can't believe Jirard doesn't have the balls to face his situation instead of scamming people

[@Cbald]

According to a screenshot on the Completionist subreddit, Jirard said a "statement is coming son" ...but we will see what that really means

[@ace-kz9id]

cause he knows he is facing a major class action lawsuit and jail time should the feds and IRS steps in, charity fraud and likely tax fraud

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

I can believe it. If i started a charity in my moms name and found myself having defrauded people for a decade (and maybe more) i wouldn't be reaching for a microphone or a camera for a bit😅

[@maninthemask6275]

Charity is just mostly some thing done by people who want a hit of dopamine rather then actually caring if people are helped anyways.

[@dyne313]

I can.

[@chuychongas]

just got banned from the grandpoobear discord for discussing this video. poobear had the completionist on his charity streaming events. maybe they're all frauds

[@furytheredhead]

They misspelled 'dementia' on of those info signs xD

[@NerfPlayeR135]

Just looking at the sponsors for the golf tournaments made me realize something - there's a lot of very powerful companies that will want Girard's head on a platter for scamming them.

[@andrewarbuckle8123]

If the IRS gets involved, those companies will quickly want to distance themselves from Jirard and they will likely hand over financial documents about exactly how much money they gave him. This situation is so messed up.

[@ViewOf]

Jup, you may get away with scamming normal people, but scamming a company? Now that is asking for jail time. Especially because suing him might actually be a PR win for these companies.

[@RedIce202]

That is the first thing I thought about as well. This is about to get ugly.

[@shib5267]

brother, cocacola doesn't care about 6k a year

[@nathaniellukaschristianto293]

I don't know if that's necessarily true. The company pays for the purpose of promotion, not for the charity. They get their promotion, I feel like they don't care what happens to the money afterwards.

[@kurojima]

It is despicable that the Khalil Family preyed on the weak and clearly committed charity fraud, hope they will not get away with this like so many more "influential/wealthy" types do, that they will have to serve prison time and loose all their ill-gained wealth.

[@realname4430]

You don't get rich by being a good person

[@adamg7984]

@@realname4430 You can, it just takes more than 1 life time or hitting the lottery or striking it rich. But most living rich people were handed that wealth, were handed a massive opportunity that lead them to wealth along with wealth and then act like they're self made like Elon Musk, or they are the worst people who are most willing to shit on and screw over others for financial gain. The last one is how you climb the corporate ladder.

[@holitinne]

@@realname4430you just don’t likely stay rich if you keep doing illegal activities.

[@TrueRazarus]

Infulental/wealthy he is not, just some youtuber.

[@damn.broh02]

Not only that, they did it in the name of their relative who died from the same illness they are scamming people with. This is like on another level

[@Natsocenis]

Looking past all the technckal garbage, this is simple - Did he say funds that were raised had been donated? Yes - Did he donate said funds(till now)? No - Did it take the internet outing him for him to donate the funds? Yes - Would he have donated the funds eventually had he not been outed? We'll never know - if he had not been outed would he have kept raising funds, whilst insisting it was being donated, whilst it was sitting in his coffers? Previous behaviour indicates, he would continue this behaviour. They are the facts, everything else is technical mumbo jumbo and/or lawyer speak. If you're ok with the above behaviour, then cool, if you're not that's also cool. The law can decide if anything illegal was done here, but its still dishonest and unscrupulous.

[@KouriRyu]

I'll put it in an even simpler way: Do you work for the IRS? Are you a professional accountant or attorney? There's a reason why these people go to college for the better part of a decade and spend months confirming hard data. If you said no to either of those questions, go sit in the fucking corner and shut the fuck up.

[@senae.]

@@KouriRyu He literally said in his comment that he doesn´t talk about the legal side but about the ethical side, so why do you start bashing him for no reason. Jirard hoared the money for ages and due to that it lost a lot of its worth to inflation (probably over 50k in US-Dollars). Even if his actions weren´t illegal he still flushed that money down the toilet. I´ll say it again: People donated more then 50k to Jirards foundation thinking the money would go to a charity and instead he basically took it and threw it away. I don´t see why people think that Jirard won that argument and is in the right

[@captaincrunch1707]

It’s such smalltime money and the jurisdiction complications that I doubt this would ever get looked at for criminal liability. Jirard had a good charity-business-scheme but that’s luckily now over.

[@marcelosdbzmusic8072]

To the people who are waiting for them to donate the money, do you really think anyone would just SIT on $600,000 and never touch it?

[@DresdenShuffle]

@@d00s0ndifference is they earned it, Jirard didn’t earn the money, it was donated. Lot easier to take money that isn’t yours then spend money that is yours that you put hard work into earning

[@kicapanmanis1060]

Plenty of lawyers have to do that by law, because they have to hold the money in escrow. Of course, some lawyers break that trust....

[@Corncake1337]

btw i love your dbz ost

[@marcelosdbzmusic8072]

@Corncake1337 😂😂😂😂 thanks, man

[@Deytookourjurrrs]

They are very naive

[@while_coyote]

Jobst is the completionist now. He's not giving up until he's got the whole story.

[@MasterLPG]

I wonder how this will impact Jirard's cameo appearance over on Sea of Stars, one of the indies prominently featured on IndieLand, seeing how much bad press he is getting alongside all of this being exposed and possibly looking bad on that game with his infamous quote of *"Have you found any new donations?"* on said game here?

[@greggski3710]

​@@MasterLPGThey'll probably remove him with a patch.

[@cameronjames3499]

And Jirard shouldn't be allowed free in society until he's served the COMPLETE sentence.

[@chillstorm2341]

Underrated. @@greggski3710

[@otterdonnelly9959]

@@greggski3710so he won’t even make it to the vanilla disc/cartridge? Another case for game preservation though. For history’s sake.

[@SuperGakman]

I think it’s likely they have a lawyer by now and have been advised to remain silent. Anything they say will just incriminate them anyways.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Right, but they _have_ to respond if they’re in criminal court, or being sued by anyone in civil court.

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

Well, looks like TheCompletionist did a response video. Curious to see what happens NOW.

[@Third_eyee]

They 100% spent the money and didn’t think anyone would actually look if they were donating it.

[@WREDog]

He's completing things alright, completely destroying all the good will people had for him.

[@stickyman05]

Yeah dude. I love the completionist. This is a very hard pill to swallow.

[@BBWahoo]

​@@stickyman05 Then take it as a suppository 😂

[@stickyman05]

@@BBWahoo don't threaten me with a good time 🤣🤣🤣

[@john1701q]

Jirard can do a co-op playthrough of the game "Shittiest Gamer" with Billy Mitchell.

[@MechaOracle]

@@john1701q Billy Mitchell lied and cheated, sure, but what Jirard and family (seems) to be doing is much, much, worse. (Edit: I can't spell)

[@DippyBough]

Anybody else remember when Greg left the completionist claiming Jirard was dishonest and forced him out? Always thought that was funny

[@theoldmanofthemountain7514]

A lot of things changed after that. The show wasn't the same. It was my time where i stopped watching his videos because, as many others, something felt off from Jirard.

[@arrownibent5980]

Honestly that situation made me stop followying Jirard, there was something that felt dishonist about the way he pushed Greg out, it just felt like a peek at his true character. It's been a while and honestly I would've preferred if the Completionist had fixed that conniving persona he displayed, but apparently he truly kept thinking he was smarter than everyone

[@OtterloopB]

I'm just wondering if Sea of Stars regrets having put Jirard in their game. It's a hugely shallow and overrated game as is, but to have a character modeled after Jirard then _this_ news drops about him...? Oof.

[@lasskinn474]

@@theoldmanofthemountain7514 around the time he started doing a lot more launch collabs and such stuff that were just basically advertisements presented as a completion play.. like when he had the tight nintendo relationship. quit watching him back then, couldn't tell from the vids if one could tell if they're fun to play or not from the vids due to the direct corporate connection.

[@videogamerNattie98]

Its the reason New Game Plus was made because its done to go back over all the games that were wiped from the Completionist backlog as Greg was the one to request having all the vids taken down and Jirard at the time respected that request but it made Greg look like a total controlling a**hole given Jirard at the time was one of the best people you could meet. To make up for that Jirard promised he would go back over all games which is why the New Game Plus series happened Ironically Shovel Knight was the second to last game of that promise the next game after that was going to be the last one him and Greg covered before there unceremonious break up. Sour feelings towards Greg have all but dried up by this point and even if there was any now with this controversy its starting to paint the picture that Greg was in the right. Ironic really he goes back over the series he went with him and we came back to the end only to re go back over it, and find out that Jirard is not who he seems. I am only saddened at it, to go against someone who you saw as a friend because they were stabbing you in the back...Betrayal is a [EXPLETIVE]... I don't think this will play out like Billy Mitchell Jirard is much more perceptive then that as such this is going to be a long drawn out battle of attrition where something on Jirard's end will have to give but it wont do it quickly, it will be painful and slow for both parties...

[@VladimirKorshak]

Thank you for your work. If it wasnt for Muta and you the donation would never happen.

[@DarkKirby14LP]

@@garretdrake2347Jirard won’t notice you but the IRS will notice him

[@Mystra]

​@garretdrake2347 it's literally on the call

[@YukoValis]

@@garretdrake2347 Jirard himself said Karl and Muta got him to do it from the pressure. Which by the way they totally did.

[@willcook6680]

Looks like you struck a nerve. Cant wait for your response to his response. We are with you Karl!

[@colby8104]

No we aren't. Karl's a bigger scumbag than the charity stealing guy

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

@@colby8104 okay Billy Mitchell, we know

[@workingclassfather1843]

​@@rodrigomarcondes5857 Billy Mitchell 😂😂. Billy NOOO 😂

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@colby8104 Okay, Billy Mitchell.

[@colby8104]

@@NicoTheCinderace Sorry, go join your sheep in the herd. Just cause I have a thought of my own, I'm Billy mitchell. Bahhhahh 🐑

[@chrisrichards2350]

This sure seems like a long term scam. They knew what they were doing and paying the charity wasn't one of them. Smell that retirement fund.

[@DR3ADER1]

That's why I am of the position that Karl and Mutahar were fucking idiots for interviewing Jirard in the first place. Because what were they going to gleam from that bearded beanbag? He's a known compulsive liar and a sociopath who inherited the same sociopathic tendencies as his Devin Weston-looking dirtbag dad. Expecting him to tell the truth after being confronted is an asinine assumption.

[@MagnificantSasquatch]

You joke, but that honestly could’ve been the endgame here. Once they feel the nest egg’s enough, quietly withdraw from online personality. Nobody would question it, and since Jirard’s internet presence would dry up, nobody would think to look back.

[@Alfred-Neuman]

Yeah, I feel bad for him. It's super easy to scam because 99% of people are completely brain dead and gullible but unfortunately the 1% like Karl and Mutahar are always there to investigate and ruin everything... The funny thing is that even after being called out in videos like this I have no doubt in my mind that people would still continue to give him thousands of dollars at his next charity event. lol

[@rav186]

@@MagnificantSasquatch nobody's joking, that was obviously their plan.

[@yofyo]

the long con is to hold it for so long that their charity could continuously shave into it with 'administrative costs' until it was all gone

[@imseeno]

This is a big punch in the gut. I thought they were just irresponsible. But now it seems to be intentional. I used to have a lot of respect for Jirard and what he did and what he seemingly stood for. But now, it makes me feel sick he would be a part of running a scam like this.

[@gwell66v2AnimeReviews]

Anyone who does what he did to his buddy Greg that he started the channel with, Im never surprised when they get involved in something extremely shitty

[@Sir_Psych]

I feel this hard. Jirard was the first channel that got me into watching KZbin. I've had huge respect for him over the years with all he has struggled with but continued to push on. He has a great team that worked for him and admired their passion. The radio silence was killer and now this new information is just solidifying the dread. I'm praying for a Christmas miracle and Jirard somehow explains everything but he's really got a mountain to climb to get me back on his side 🙁

[@pilgrimspromise1132]

Poor Greg.. ..

[@RTHbeto27]

​@@gwell66v2AnimeReviewsI barely know the completionist, what he do to this Greg?

[@Ultrue87]

Hope you u take lesson from this cmon man you so gullible if you think that as irresponsible, straight 10 yr without know money being donated or not when you as lead organizer of said charity event, that scam as best

[@secondakira]

There's an update: Apparently the Open Hand Foundation has donated 600k to research. Which is, well, a decent start, but there's still the question of underreporting of funds. There will almost certainly still be an IRS investigation.

[@deepscope8418]

"Clerical errors can be amended" this is actually true, the IRS has tons of clerical errors that happens a lot. And also, I don't know if we should really be listening from the said guy who doesn't know the difference between a paper filing of an US Tax return and an E-filing return.

[@JessiGutierrez-zi8tu]

Ever wonder how he was able to buy every 3ds game for the sake of "preservation"

[@microbe999]

Dementia isn't even spelled right on the sign at the golf tournament!! WTF?

[@oz_jones]

They forgor how to spell

[@nicktronson2977]

One premeditated scam to another. Family plan passed down.

[@lajeandom]

bunch of profesionnal scammers. They must have thought they were invincible. They probably got all the money out as soon as the first video exploded and went in a country where the laws can't affect them. Now they are waiting there in silence probably. It's just a guess but what else they can do? This is a several years of jail time kind of situation.

[@mesmorrow]

Isn't Jirard arab? many of them are known to cheat the system and steal money in the US.

[@Jedda678]

@@lajeandom I mean the people who donated and were scammed won't see the money which is a shame. But the government gets their cut when they pay damages to the courts. Even if that money is not in the country, they'll likely serve jail time/prison time if convicted.

[@xaytana]

Stereotypes exist for a reason and humans are creatures of habit, it's not hard to read between the lines if you're familiar with what you're seeing. I picked up on some unsavory vibes from Jirard years ago, just some noted oddities and a peculiar seeming lack of genuineness, and that never changed, I'm really not surprised that he has skeletons in the closet, I'm not surprised his issues are ongoing, and further it doesn't surprise me that it's a family affair. I wouldn't be surprised if a decent portion of the missing money funded his channel's purchases, especially the big ticket ones, and I wouldn't be surprised if the family wanted a bag, especially after Jirard later found any amount of success as a content creator, then unsurprisingly the missing money ended up being hidden by that very channel's own charity drive; it all seems cyclical yet it's a downhill spiral. And unsurprisingly Jirard panics when called out and doesn't have the balls to face his own issues or the situation at hand. Let's hope he gets prison without bail, let's watch him complete jail, being bubba's cellmate and all. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if Jirard was already looking for a way out, while his content could remain infinite, a lot of the sources of what he can do have been drying up, and I wouldn't be surprised if his golden parachute was going to be selling off his Nintendo eShop collection, among other big ticket items, charity fraud and theft aside. The panic displayed in the call is indicative of being caught before he had his exit, afraid of the loss that's to come, especially with asset seizure as he probably has no liquid assets. This case could become very interesting to watch, depending on how much missing money there actually is, especially with the scope of the situation, though I won't be surprised if the government takes their sweet time to actually do something.

[@darkdraconis]

I have never heard about the dude, what do you mean by "family plan passed down"?

[@darkknightmage]

To the people running here screaming about Karl being sued post the response i have a quick question. lawsuit for what exactly? Nothing in these videos were defamatory, as well since Jirard is a public figure his level of defamation is not a low bar, he has to prove actual malice, which good luck on that given the Jirard basically implicated himself already in the call with Karl and OridnaryGamers. As for the advertisement, people are allowed to make money off their work, his previous video was not monetized. The fact that a video has monetization does not discount from the information being given, its a cheap excuse at best. If you want to like Jirard go ahead but running to this video trying to white knight someone who has committed wrongdoing is not helpful to anyone, it allows for people who commit such acts to think they can get away with criminal acts in the future. Should Hbomberguy have stepped aside to allow James Somerton more time to commit more plagiarism or should the enitre cast of Sad milk stood on the side lines when Blaire committed her acts on human decency? The thought process is ridiculous at best and disgusting to morals at worst.

[@RunicSigils]

To be fair, as you can see in the Billy Mitchell case, you don't need a case to sue people. And it's not like the lawyers care because they get paid either way.

[@KingEurope1]

KARL JOBST WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!

[@adamkratos9323]

BAWH GAWH HE HIT'EM WIT IT KANG!

[@JonathanSias]

I just wanted to comment that I've worked over 20 years in and with a number of different non-profits, 501c3, and every single organization was adamantly concerned with money - where did it come from, where did it go, and every doller had been meticulously accounted for. They were all proud and responsible and dedicated to their causes. One of those organizations had local political enemies that got them audited and inspected every few years, but no fault was ever found. I just wanted to add some anecdotal evidence that there are a lot of good organizations and charities out there who do the right thing, and that this, pray tell, is the exception.

[@maryamdear2122]

As someone who works at a non-profit thank you!! Like, im not necessarily paid by one funding source. My job is partially funded by so many different grants that are earmarked for certain things…it’s so complicated lol. We take it very seriously

[@Fribee83]

I've worked for a number of local non-profits over the years as a graphic designer and maybe 20% have been honest. One had the executive director finding a loophole to give herself a loan of 80k to use as a downpayment on a new house and when reporters broke the news, the board hired her daughter as a transition while a new person was brought in, who was fired and the original ED was rehired after the attention blew over. Had another charity hire their friends at outrageous prices, like paying a friend 2k a month to just host their website and then another 300 to update a single page. There's definitely some great charities out there; I'm working with one now but so many of them look good to the public while the backend is using every loophole they can and rely on volunteers to accomplish what they get donations for.

[@dadbod42]

@@maryamdear2122 This exactly I also work for a local non-profit, I have to prove down to the penny how that money is being used since most of my grants are supported by the fed and state. I hate when these situations happen and it puts a negative light on many orgs that do good work.

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

Most non profits really are that, non profits and they are usually extremely transparent. I've donated money before and they all have some finances statistics or whatever the hell, open to the public (not lust authorities). Their books check out. You can (should) google before donating, but most of the "big players" are pretty damn clean and most smaller non profits are very transparent as well. I'm just baffeled why the Fuck the completionist would do that?!?! Scamming with a charity - I get it. You have no moral compass and want fast easy money. I mean to say that's wrong is a massive understatement, but I get it. Collect and run. But this dude has a big Channel, Fanbase and Name. Why risk all of that?!

[@N_Human]

Ah I see Karl is showcasing the "Federal prison speedrun" I definitely think there's faster times out there but you gotta respect Jirard's dedication to the completion of the run!

[@bradleywalker8642]

No Glitch 100% run ?

[@N_Human]

@@bradleywalker8642 exactly 🤣

[@squeektheweek6949]

XD

[@Fighter101network]

The funniest thing about this is that people are shocked that there are many individuals who would and will scam with charity. Non profits, and other charity entities are all a huge business for those who run them. Even when ran "legitimately" they pocket a load of money each year. With CEOs earning up to $250,000 and executive directors up to $100,000. That is not the kind of money you expect people to earn in this type of organization, but it is. You better bet your gullible butts that most people who get into charities are in it for the salary and the job is simple - you ask people for money and use a disease or a group of people who are suffering and you have the best promotional ads money can buy.

[@jessbellis9510]

Never EVER trust a charity set up by a multi-millionaire or god forbid a billionaire. Literally just manipulating the books for tax breaks. So not only do they not contribute to society by paying their fair share of tax, they also steal regular people's money so it can't do any good. Billionaires shouldn't get privacy - someone with that much wealth and power should be under scrutiny 24/7.

[@Joeyfield0]

Well, at least money was donated, but they shouldn't have said they were donating when they haven't. Just sitting on donations for so many years. wait what about the other money from the golf tournaments...

[@kierraellis6570]

I have never rooted so hard for the IRS to do their job, especially when you have Karl and Muda doing the work 😂

[@wmeuse2375]

I mean there funding is going to get cut again

[@Sinyao]

​@@wmeuse2375unfortunately, this would just let all the big fish get away even easier. When the irs gets more funding, they can afford to hold companies and millionaires accountable and bring in more revenue in fines and penalties can it costs in funding.

[@Zanroff]

I want them to investigate, but I still hate the IRS.

[@MashaRistova]

Muta* short for Mutahar.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

You should want the IRS to do their job. The problem is they only ever go after the little guy and not the ones dodging billions. Bad news for The Completionist is he's still small enough for them to target.

[@ABAUTOAMG]

I find this whole thing so despicable. I grew up with just my brother and my mum as a single parent and she was the only close family we had. Sadly she got dementia while I was in my 30s and it got worse and worse. As someone also with a mother that had dementia I honestly can't believe how Jirard has handled this whole thing and If they have stolen the money it really takes a special type of evil to do this.

[@CainXVII]

My condolences. It's an awful disease.

[@alexanderfischer-ue8rn]

I feel the same way. My mother passed away a few years ago. She was an absolutely amazing woman who made me who I am today. I can't imagine using her passing as a way charity scam. This shit makes my blood boil

[@aeway_]

My condolences❤

[@Churahm]

Karl, if you read this, I want to say that I am absolutely amazed at the research and work you put into getting the truth out about all these criminals, even though every time, it has a big chance of putting a target on your back. It takes some serious balls to make enemies left and right in the name of justice, so you NEVER need to apologize for having a sponsor. You are making the world a better place with your work, so getting an income out of it is more than justified

[@solame4983]

I bet Jirard went to a country that doesn’t extradite

[@jameshalldorsson9695]

That's what we call money laundering, cleaning illegal funds by writing them off as tax free "Charity" donations. That family needs to be criminally investigated under RICO.

[@1stCallipostle]

If their own filings are this riddled with errors, they're not very good launderers.

[@LunaticKD1991]

​@@1stCallipostleYou don't have to be smart to be a criminal. The lesson people should learn here is to always look deep into charities before donating them. Charity Scams like The Completionist's are too common these days.

[@reeheehee9615]

Goodwill is too easy to expose, sadly. I hope the donators aren't too discouraged by this.

[@minilathemayhem]

You know what they say, "It's never RICO until it's RICO"

[@KorriTimigan]

​@@1stCallipostleTrue. A really good money launderer won't get caught at all.

[@MoneyandLifeTV]

As a CPA who prepares non-profit tax returns I am loving this content :)

[@Arthang]

Your comment interests me. I wonder if you would be willing to comment a little more in depth on what your takeaway is here. I love SGS, while J was my least favorite. He still became a part of my entertainment routine, and I'm having a hard time seeing past that. From your perspective, does this look as bad as presented? Are there any nuances to things that your education/experience can elaborate on? Genuine question, no troll.

[@alvarodiazrodriguez2603]

​@Arthang seconding this gent. Havent watched the completionist months ago.

[@masterhidsert1043]

What is your takeaway on this matter?

[@asteroidrules]

Quite curious if you can weigh in on some of the legal specifics about what's going on here. I'm also curious if you've ever seen a nonprofit appearing to just sit on its donations like Open Hand. I've seen plenty of shady nonprofits that pay their donations directly into owners' salaries and personal expenses, but I've never personally heard of one claiming to just take donations and not do anything with them.

[@OsaculnenolajO]

We would all LOVE to eat your takeout on this matter.

[@chuychongas]

other streamers like grandpoobear are trying to silence any talk of this. maybe they need to have their charity events looked into as well. I tried to discuss this video in his discord just now and it was all deleted quickly.

[@HaruIRAI]

You know, as a fan of Jerard content, I remember him complaining about his complex relationship with the family and specifically with his father. Yep, that adds up.

[@gazirp9476]

I'm absolutely filling out the form. Thank you for not only informing us of this injustice, but providing us with a means of acting against it. You're the best Karl.

[@Jaxdaily1]

I never would have thought Girard would do something like this it's so crazy and sad how he's taken advantage of his fanbase. Thank you Carl for reporting on this ❤

[@Skiman__]

This dude always looked sketch ever since I saw him the first time when I think the 3DS Nintendo shop was shutting down

[@extremepayne]

It’s “Jirard” right?

[@Jaxdaily1]

@@extremepayne should I edit it or leave it as Girard 😂

[@extremepayne]

@@Jaxdaily1Up to you. I’d edit it

[@tazgecko]

Breaks my heart. They were doing such great work, now it looks like it was all to create an income.

[@pineapplequeen13]

This is so rough to watch unfold. I've been a fan of Super Beard Bros for a long time, and I always saw Jirard as one of the nicer and more genuine people on the platform. I was even subbed to their Patreon up until these videos came out. I keep hoping that this is a case of negligence or laziness, but the more info that comes out, the less I can believe that. This just feels like a shameful display of fraud. I hope that people who chose to be kind and donate and were subsequently taken advantage of are filing complaints and claims right now. I want to see this charity fully investigated and all the details published.

[@thelasttoknow]

It makes you wonder did he ever donatte the Nintendo WiiU and DS downloads to the archive organization or is it still in their possession. I’m only bringing this up because he said he donated these games and possibly the hardware to archive. But if the money never left his position then did the games? Or did he say that to make you fill good and he actually had help to just sit on every game before removed from the eshop. Just to say they own it now?

[@arthurdurham]

Woah... Just everyone calm down. Let's not immediately point fingers. Maybe Jirard's mom's dying wish was for him to exploit her disease to embezzle charity funds...

[@user-fy7ri8gu8l]

no no no, you see - he's helping dementia, not the people. everyone is getting it backwards.

[@pirate4460]

Maybe everyone in the family has Dementia and they forgot how to be good people

[@ajr993]

2:10 The other problem is that money sitting in a bank account burns away due to inflation. Just consider the fact that in 2022 alone, inflation stood at around 8%, which means that around 50,000 dollars simply disappeared in real terms. Through negligence and incompetence, or maybe even malice, they've squandered probably 100k in real value over the years. That should be a crime. People thought nearly100% of their money was going to a charity, but now, even if all of the money was donated, only 80% of the value of that original money could be donated, with the other 20% just lost to the ether. That doesn't include administration fees. That doesn't include the opportunity cost of what that money could have done over the past years. That money could have been working to help find cures or fund research. That money could have just sat in an index fund and made 10% a year. So, considering the opportunity cost, this is even more tragic.

[@esoteridactyl]

Exactly, many charities put money in investments, which is perfectly legal. They could've done that at the very least. But it in even a savings account.

[@jochenkraus7016]

What you wrote about the finances also applies to the charity side of it: Supporting people could have affected their lives in a positive way several years ago. Or accelerate research, lead to more knowledge that others could build on.

[@StraightOuttaJarhois]

That's assuming the money is even still there, which I strongly doubt.

[@KrodaStagg]

Missing those mean tweets yet? Suddenly the bad orange man doesn't seem so bad.

[@samehadasword]

It finally happened guys they donated the money but this is just damage control at this point as it is already too late the full jig is up