Jonathan "Mini" Daniels har stjålet for over 18.000 dollars, hvilket er lidt over 106.000 kroner, fra Copenhagen Wolves' Counter-Strike hold. Det hævder holdets kaptajn, Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander i en pressemeddelelse til HLTV.org.

Pengene, som manageren angiveligt har stjålet, kommer fra holdets fortjeneste fra ESL One Cologne. Pengene er tjent via de såkaldte sticker-penge (læs forklaring af sticker-begrebet nederst red.)*. De penge var Jonathan "Mini" Daniels eftersigende den eneste person på holdet, der havde adgang til at hæve, skriver Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander i pressemeddelelsen.

His first move was to make sure, that he was the one who took care of all the communication with VALVE, when it had anything to do with the stickers. Being a former Reason manager, Johnathan "Mini" Daniels knew, from being with Reason in Katowice, that only the person who uploaded images of the logo for the stickers, could cash out the sticker money.

After ESL One Cologne, Copenhagen Wolves' team fell apart, and we remade it with a new lineup. While Pimp and I had our heads full with sorting everything out with the new lineup, Johnathan "Mini" Daniels wrote to me that the money would be on his account soon.

Da holdet i slutningen af oktober skulle til Electronic Sports World Cup i Paris var manageren pludselig gået under jorden. Jacob "Pimp" Winneche, som også spiller for Copenhagen Wolves, hev derfor fat i holdkaptajnen.

He had erased every one of Steam friends, closed his Facebook account, and whenever anyone tried to call him, he would block the numbers.

Knowing that Johnathan "Mini" Daniels had 50.000$ of my team's money, I did everything I could to get a hold of him, and at the airport I called him from my girlfriend's phone, and he picked up. When he heard my voice, his phone “suddenly” stopped working, and he said “hello hello can’t hear you”, and hung up. At this moment, I realized that he had stolen our money, and I had no clue what to do.

Efter dette gik ejeren af Copenhagen Wolves ind i sagen, hvor det lykkedes at få kontakt til Jonathan "Mini" Daniels. Derefter indrømmede han, ifølge Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander, at have til hensigt at stjæle pengene fra holdet, fordi han var sur over, at han ikke kunne komme med holdet til Paris. Det fortrød han dog, og lovede holdet, at give dem pengene i den næste uge.

Penge blev betalt tilbage, men...

Ugen efter fik alle spillerne omkring 29.000 kroner overført til deres konti. Men her slutter sagen ikke for spillerne fra Copenhagen Wolves. Ifølge holdkaptajnen drejer det samlede beløb sig nemlig om over 296.000 kroner. Derfor mangler spillerne, ifølge dem selv, stadigvæk at få lidt over 21.000 kroner tilbage hver - hvorfor det samlede beløb ryger op på cirka 106.000 kroner.

Siden er Jonathan "Mini" Daniels atter gået under jorden, fortæller Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander til HLTV.org.

I and a lot of other people have tried to call Johnathan "Mini" Daniels after this, but no one has had any luck getting in contact with him. We found his Facebook with his new alias, “John Parsonson”, but this one has since been erased again.

We have tried everything, from contacting his family, to calling him on his home number, but without any luck. Last thing we heard was from his own mother, who told us that Johnathan "Mini" Daniels wasn’t available at the time, since he was on a vacation.

Det seneste, holdet har hørt om den forsvundne manager, kommer fra hans egen mor, som fortæller, at han tilsyneladende ikke er mulig at få fat i, da han er taget på ferie.

Læs pressemeddelelsen fra Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander i sin fulde længde på HLTV.org.

*Sådan fungerer stickersalget

Sticker pengene kommer fra de store major turneringer, hvor der er specialdesignede klistermærker, der består af holdenes logoer. Disse virtuelle klistermærker kan man købe, hvorefter de kan klistres på et våben i Counter-Strike - præcis som man kan købe skins. Fortjenesten af salget får holdene en andel af, og det er fra denne andel, at manageren for Copenhagen Wolves beskyldes for at have taget pengene.