Ejeren af Copenhagen Wolves, som er Danmarks største e-sport organisation, Jakob "JLK" Kristensen, taler nu ud om sagen, der kom frem sent i nat, hvor organisationens Counter-Strike hold angiveligt har fået stjålet mere end 100.000 kroner fra deres manager, Jonathan "Mini" Daniels.

Det sker efter, at holdets kaptajn, Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander, fortalte HLTV.org om sagen, hvor det høje pengebeløb, som er tjent via sticker-penge fra ESL One Cologne, er blevet taget fra spillerne.

First and foremost we wish to apologize for not issuing a public statement on this matter earlier on in the process. It was deemed, in collaboration with the players, that the chances of succeeding in reclaiming the rest of the lost money was better without a public dispute and the added pressure it brings.

I udtalelsen fra Jakob "JLK" Kristensen, som er udgivet på Copenhagen Wolves' egen hjemmeside, fortæller ejeren, hvordan han personligt har oplevet sagen. Lige fra da spillerne opdagede, at manageren gik under jorden og frem til nu.

Blandt andet fortæller Jakob "JLK" Kristensen, hvordan han fandt frem til manageren, da han, ifølge holdet, forsvandt med pengene første gang.

After initially being told by the players that Johnathan had blocked every single member of our organization and team’s phone, Skype, Facebook and Steam my immediate reaction was disbelief, this was a guy all of our players had nothing but praised. I reached out to some personal friends of mine from the United Kingdom and gave them his phone number, hoping they could talk some sense into him before this thing became public. I contacted people he had worked with before in his eSport career and generally was trying to find any way possible to get to talk with him. That same evening, I succeeded.

It was a clearly distressed person that called me up later that day, claiming that he had never intended to steal the money and still had the full amount on his account. Given the delicate situation we were in, I tried to be as reasonable and forgiving as possible. He told me that he would immediately wire the money to every single player, all I had to do was provide the bank information to him since he had no desire to communicate with the players directly. I provided him with the needed information and he promised me he would send over screenshots and confirmations of the transfers as soon as they were sent.

This was the last I heard from Johnathan, as he afterwards blocked my phone number and every single one of the people who I had asked to reach out to him. We were happy to hear that the players were starting to receive money, though sadly far from the amount that they should have. We have since tried several ways of getting in contact with Johnathan but without any luck.

Jakob "JLK" Kristensen fortæller ligeledes, at de i organisationen blev en smule chokerede, da de blev introduceret for, hvordan sticker-pengene fra ESL One Cologne skulle udbetales. Han pointerer dog, at det var en fælles beslutning fra holdet, at manageren, Jonathan "Mini" Daniels, skulle varetage udbetalingerne af pengene.

When the time came for the pay-outs of the ESL Cologne Sticker money, we were honestly quite shocked to realize that the money could only be paid out through Steam, especially since Johnathan was the person who had originally uploaded our logo. We attempted to contact VALVE and ask for the possibility of invoicing or other options but without success, though large parts of this communication was handled by Johnathan. Again, at this point we had no reasons to distrust him or his motives.

After talking things through with the players, we ended up asking them to make a decision if the money being paid through Johnathan was an acceptable solution. We as an organization were only taking a very minor cut, so we felt that this should be the players decision and not ours since it was their money. After agreeing to this solution, we figured the ordeal was over which as everyone know by now, it wasn’t.

Manageren er stadig gået under jorden. Den seneste viden om, hvor han befinder sig, kommer fra hans egen mor, som har forklaret, at han ikke kan træffes lige nu, da han er på ferie.

Udtalelsen fra Jakob "JLK" Kristensen kan læses i sin fulde længe på Copenhagen Wolves' hjemmeside.