Executive summary



Over an estimated 27,000 euros is missing since raised in the GOforBalkan fundraiser organized by Faruk “Pita” Pita. Numerous statements given by him have contradicted each other, such as the original use of the money, who it’s with, and more importantly where it is now. Questionable actions by him around the time of the drive completing, such as buying a car in cash are also raised. Notably tracing some claims of the money to a company which is now bankrupt and was owned by Emil “HeatoN” Christensen. Lastly a video posted of funds being used to build a house have facts which contract when the money was received. As of now there is no clear picture of where the money raised by the drive organized by Pita is.



History of tragedy



Between the 14th and 18th of May 2014, a low-pressure cyclone affected a large area of Southeastern and Central Europe, causing floods and landslide. The most affected country was Serbia, followed by others countries: Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and Macedonia.



Drive for donations



In the light of this drama, on May 24th 2014, Faruk “pita” Pita manager of team Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP), organized a charity tournament in Counter-Strike Offensive (CSGO) called #GO4Balkan. This tournament featured numerous well knows CSGO teams from Europe in a tournament aimed at raising donation money for the people in the areas affected by this tragedy.



Updates around the time of #GO4BALKAN drive



1. May 24th 2014 on the twitch stream “Room on Fire” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR3itHxpIMw#t=480) Pita is heard saying to RoF-Anders: “We've been in contact with several organizations, especially here in Sweden. There are some networks here in Sweden because there are a lot of immigrants from Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia. (...). The problem is that some of the money won't be going to the right person. (...). We have plans, but Iam not 100% sure, that me and some guys will personally go and see the money are redirected right. Otherwise, we have some other foundations, like Novak Djokovic Foundation, we have Edin Dzeko’s Foundation in Bosnia and Mario Mandzukic Foundation in Croatia”.



2. On May 25th 2014 Pita promised he will keep the community updated as the money is used: http://i.imgur.com/54YOxG8.jpg Pita/HLTV.org] “As said, we will post news on HLTV.org about this. Where the money went and how we did it”.



3. There are no further updates since then and February 13th 2015



Recent updates (Feb 2015 onwards)



1. On February 12th 2015, Pita was asked by Richard on Twitter about the whereabouts of the donations raised from the drive.

2. Pita released a statement on Facebook regarding the donations one day later (http://imgur.com/aafIN6g)



Questions raised from Pitas Facebook post



The following is a dissemination of Pitas Facebook post (http://imgur.com/aafIN6g), to ask questions which till this moment remain unanswered, as well as to point out any discrepancies between expected behavior of an event organizer who promises “regular updates” (http://imgur.com/aafIN6g) and the actual behavior of Pita.



1. Pita:

“I knew I would be questioned sooner or later regarding the collected money from the GO4Balkan charity project.” “I feel it’s my duty as the organizer to update you with information” *Comment: *You implied transparency and promised regular updates since your last update on May 25th 2014, why haven’t you given the community any? Or even plans of what to do with the donations?



2. Pita:

“the money today is with two persons, famous in this business, that I believe is legit enough to handle the money and also legit enough to make sure that the money collected is for the purpose, and the purpose only.” Comment: Why were you not transparent about this before? That you gave the money to two people, who they are, what credibility they have? It would have had an impact on the minds of the donators, e.g. when someone donates to an organization such as Red Cross they know who it’s going to, but in your case they believed the money was going to you, not two people you have not declared till now.



3. Pita:

“Expecting the money to be invested within 6-7 months in the Balkan region is a little to exaggerated, especially if you aren’t able to be physically present in that region.” * Comment: I understand from this you kept the money for at least 7 months since 30 of may 2014.



4.Pita:



“One part of the money is today invested in something I will announce soon, something I want to "surprise" the community with, something that the community made possible.” Comment: How do you call this transparency? People did not expect their donations to be sitting idle for 6-7 months in light of this imminent tragedy, at no point did you communicate your intention to invest this money at a later date. Furthermore why can you not immediately announce where the money has been donated, why the delay? If the money was spent what guarantee do we have that you are not simply obtaining it from somewhere else right now?



5. Pita:

“As said earlier, I want to make sure the money gets directly to the people in need and not an organization” Comment: Firstly you originally stated the money would go to an organization to help these people (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR3itHxpIMw - see from 8:00), but now you say it will go directly to the people, why was the community not updated for nine months?. You also recently uploaded a video (two days after your facebook post) which shows the money is with an organization (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy3BjbKLFQo).



Total donations raised



As stated on HLTV.org (http://www.hltv.org/news/12483-go4balkan-charity-collects-25000), GO4Balkans raised 25,000 Euros. However total donations (http://www.gofundme.com/GO4BalkanCharity scroll down and see update2 too and http://i.imgur.com/iMBP6lq.jpg ) tally up to 25,323 euros + 1,600 dollars, thus assuming total value is around 27,000 euros or higher (additional donations) On the Gofundme page: (source = http://www.gofundme.com/GO4BalkanCharity) - 22.726 euros in here + Update 2 which is 2.597 euros from other two accounts. + donation made by Room on Fire of 1.600 dollars (photo8). So, if he knew he has more money than 25.000 euros. Comment: Why did HLTV only report 25,000 Euros collected. Also Pita promised updates within the comment section of this article (source) http://www.hltv.org/news/12483-go4balkan-charity-collects-25000.



Where is the money?



Referring to Pitas facebook comments on February 13th 2014 (https://www.facebook.com/faruk.pita): Pita: “The money is at the account of OnFire (Anders & Semmler). The other part of the money Fifflaren is controlling, as mentioned in my statement on facebook.” Comment: Earlier you stated the money was with two people, now its three. Also Fifflaren denies having the money and shows he transferred it months ago (http://imgur.com/gallery/uS6iI31/new).

An HLTV.org user searched for the name of the company who got the money from Fifflaren “Stockholm E-sport Productions AB” which was by Emil “HeatoN” Christensen *(Manager of NIP organization and ex-professional CSGO player) and *went bankrupt in October 2014. The Liquidator of HeatoN’s company was Eilies Monica Wiola Näsberg. The liquidator has been contacted with no response as of yet. Note: In light of Fifflarens comment, Pita stated this on hltv (http://i.imgur.com/xy4qN7I.jpg - see 3.) Pita: “Fifflaren transfered the money immediately after the event to the main account not controlled by me. Reason why I didn’t know he didn’t have "control" of any money. And he has nothing to do with the project, as well as Anders. The only thing they have in common with this project is that they let me keep the money at their place so that morons like you would understand that I would never touch that money for my own benefits.”



Comment: If Heaton’s company is the main holder of the charity donations of the charity, the account should have the money, but the company is bankrupt and we do not know where it is now (1: http://i.imgur.com/RkGiXG2.jpg , 2: http://i.imgur.com/Qf7lq4b.jpg , 3: http://i.imgur.com/07y0NB2.jpg). The thank you video was uploaded on February 15 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy3BjbKLFQo) after questions about the donations were raised, why wasn’t this video released earlier, coincidence or something else?



Deductive analysis of statements



Dissemination of past statements:



Case I:



As deducted from the following statements on February 13th 2015 on Pitas Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/faruk.pita) 1: “Expecting the money to be invested within 6-7 months in the Balkan region is a little to exaggerated, especially if you aren’t able to be physically present in that region.” 2: “the money today is with two persons, famous in this business, that I believe is legit enough to handle the money and also legit enough to make sure that the money collected is for the purpose, and the purpose only.” 3: “One part of the money is today invested in something I will announce soon, something I want to "surprise" the community with, something that the community made possible.” Comment: None of the money were donated, some money was invested, but it wasn’t donated to the people or an organization soon after the drive, as the community expected it to be.



Case II:



1. “Show me a statement where I say I havent donated anything?” (http://i.imgur.com/xy4qN7I.jpg)



2. “The money is at the account of OnFire (Anders & Semmler). The other part of the money Fifflaren is controlling, as mentioned in my statement on facebook. I never wanted to controll the money since I knew that there would be questions. I also had conversations with the fnatic organization that they would keep the money but that deal never came through, ask cArn if someone is doubting me.” * (http://imgur.com/gallery/uS6iI31/new) *Comment:** Contradictory statements made by Pita, is the money with two people or three? (also Anders and Semmler have not corroborated Pitas claim, and Fifflaren has denied he has money). If there are other players, who are they? From the statement the main account where the money resides is not the charity organization (now bankrupt, last owned by HeatoN). So who has the money? Part of it or majority of it? And from when?



Case III (The donation contradiction)



The dates the organization claims to have received the money do not match the date from when Pita made his above statement.



Comment: On February 15th 2015 Pita uploaded a “Thank you” video to youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy3BjbKLFQo), from an organization in Bosnia. After all this things Pita said in two days, on the night of February 15th, he uploaded a video, a “Thank you” video, from an organization from Bosnia. According to this video, He donated 16,873 euros, money which will be used to build a house. Problem is he stated the money is with other people (Anders, Semmler and Fifflaren) being held for investment, but in this case it has already been donated. Why did he say invested before if it was donated? And why mention an incorrect number people (three not two as stated by him before) who have not yet supported his statements that they have the money? Last contraction is Pitas earlier statement “Expecting the money to be invested within 6-7 months in the Balkan region is a little to exaggerated, especially if you arent able to be physically present in that region.”. (http://i.imgur.com/aafIN6g.jpg)



The Bosnian charity



According to the video uploaded by Pita (source), he donated 16,873 euros to one Bosnian organization called: Otvorenamreza. An email sent to them inquiring about the donations received this reply from a Miss Ena Jazic on February 16th 2015 (http://i.imgur.com/HmBtZO7.jpg). “Dear Richard, Go 4 Balkan donated 16.873 euros to OPEN NETWORK/OTVORENA MREŽA for project "building Bosnia and Herzegovina by heart". Video was just a thank video for "Go 4 Balkan" people because houses can't be built in few days.” Comment: A new contraction, examining logic of past statements by Pita: 1. Firstly no donations were made (http://i.imgur.com/aafIN6g.jpg), 2. Then the money was invested (http://i.imgur.com/aafIN6g.jpg), 3. After that a donation was made months ago to a charity (http://i.imgur.com/xy4qN7I.jpg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy3BjbKLFQo), 4. Now the charity says a donation was just made recently (http://i.imgur.com/HmBtZO7.jpg)



Furthermore an inquiry over when the video was made came back as, ‘The video was made many months ago’ (http://i.imgur.com/beQhnTB.jpg) Another investigation reveals the money was moved through Holland (http://i.imgur.com/6Np0tIE.jpg)



According to the charity: “Money that "Go 4 Balkan" donated to OPEN NETWORK is spent to build another house. It will be done in just a few days and the last step will be putting a board with a "Go 4 Balkan" logo and Counter Strike logo so people can't know who donated money for their new home”. Comment: How did Pita honestly expect this house to be completed this week if the charity just received the funding? (http://i.imgur.com/HmBtZO7.jpg). Note: A Bosnian journalist will verify whether construction has stated on the house or not, and those dates will be cross checked with the dates of the donation. Miss Ena Jazic confirmed Faruk made the donation.



Conclusion



How can Pita prove the original donations were used as intended?



Journalists request:



“There is only one way. Pita, please, do a video with all the transactions from the first donation until the last transaction. There is no other way. That’s how transparency is kept after charity actions. I will follow up with two more articles these days. I asked him to do this on February 12th and still nothing. “ Pitas last comments: “I do not need to prove myself further to you since in time you will see where the money went”.



Journalists comments:



Well, you have to. Because even if the money will be donated at some point, show us you never used it for something else, while the donators expected it to go to the people soon after the drive was over, as you originally promised. Note: Serbia was the country who received the most damage from the floods. They had more fatalities than all other countries combined.



This article is written by Richard Gavrilescu and i have posted it here up on his request.



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The author of this article and Richard Lewis had a talk about this matter last night. Here is the VOD for it: http://www.twitch.tv/richardlewisreports/v/3801964 - from 1:30:10