Well-known gaming YouTuber appears to have stolen over $600,000 raised for charity

The Completionist is a YouTuber known to gamers for completing games to 100%, as well as for attempting to assemble a retro game archive, for which he bought every digital game for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

Jirard Khalil is also known as a philanthropist—or so it seemed. His charity, The Open Hand Foundation, has been raising money since 2014 to combat dementia and fund research aimed at finding a cure for this terrible disease. Over the years, he organized charity streams that raised funds and showcased indie games, including Sea of Stars. 

It turned out that more than $655,000 raised by The Open Hand Foundation never made it to any charitable organization, even though Jirard himself mentioned during streams the names of the supposed foundations he supported. The money is simply sitting in the bank account of the foundation owned by The Completionist.

Among other organizations supporting the foundation is a company that organizes charity golf tournaments, which is owned by Jirard's father. The case is extremely suspicious, and the individual in question has not posted on social media for three weeks (since the public investigation into the matter began). 

If the embezzlement of funds turns out to be true and is proven in court, Jirard Khalil faces years in prison.

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