Greetings @ilgiaguaro!

Thank you for taking the time and effort to expose the dishonest practice. It is also unfortunate that the perpetrator held considerable responsibilities within their communities. Alas, there needs to be consequences to these actions and I see their colleagues have made theirs.

When we talk about scams, we tend to think about Bitconnect or even @magicdice. If things were to last for the long-term, we need to have less scenarios where people find their hands "in the jam". Many people believe that scams plague the crypto space, this reinforces the stereotype.

I had discussions about this type of behavior with @jaguar.force. There is no easy solution outside of KYC to minimize such shady practices. But KYC opposes decentralization. So, what can these communities do?

Organizers would need to conduct periodic reviews to see if someone is gaming the system. Of which, requires time and resources to accomplish. Now, it is easy to say that they should have these checkpoints in place, but who is enforcing it? Furthermore, what are the incentives for them to invest in extra countermeasures?

Well, that would be topic for another day.

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