Sellout Crowd, a media startup, has come under scrutiny for allegedly defrauding its writers. The founders lured journalists with promises of lucrative pay and claimed they had enough funding to stay in business for three years, thanks to big-name investors. However, these promises turned out to be false. Michael Pleahy played a key role in exposing the manipulators behind the scheme. Many reporters were convinced to leave stable jobs for what turned out to be a fraudulent venture. The situation has led to calls for legal action against those responsible for the scheme.
Sellout Crowd felt a little too good to be true when it launched, but some people should legitimately go to jail over this level of fraud. Horrendous, must-read story. https://t.co/cF3yvTQHaV
While I know things have worked out nicely for my good friend @ByEliLederman, this piece makes quite clear how the same can't be said for so many others at Sellout Crowd. Just truly ugly stuff from some despicable con artists: https://t.co/6tRZPO5QlG
Frustrating to see good, hard-working reporters get bilked by people fully aware they’re selling them a false dream to talk them into giving up actual paychecks and stable, albeit flawed, situations https://t.co/mScTgI3aq9
Sellout Crowd’s founders lured writers with promises of lucrative pay, and, thanks to some big name investors, enough funding to stay in business for three years. None of it was true. | via @DGoforth918 https://t.co/j6lFNjcPQY
This stuff is just evil. Thank you to @michaelpleahy for exposing these manipulators who exploit children for big money — and put so many others in danger. https://t.co/zTXU25MRb7