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   {"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"0aacb65e-c666-402d-b36c-ef62fe26fdd7","kind":"publish","page_slug":"faze-clan","published_at":"2026-05-31T18:20:40.196Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Save the Kids Token","sections":[{"content":"Save the Kids ($KIDS) launched on June 5, 2021, as a BEP-20 token on the Binance Smart Chain, with trading taking place on the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange at an initial price of approximately US$0.02. The project's website described a vague mandate to 'build a better world for kids' and promised to donate 1% of all transaction fees to a Binance-operated charity. No specific charity beneficiary or donation mechanism was identified at launch. The token's marketing emphasized an 'anti-whale' mechanism that purportedly prevented large holders from rapidly liquidating their positions — a feature used prominently in promotional materials to persuade retail investors the token was safe from coordinated sell-offs. The Save the Kids website subsequently went offline and the project is considered abandoned.","heading":"Token Overview and Launch","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Save the Kids token — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Kids_token"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Esports influencer fired for pumping and dumping 'Save The Kids' crypto — Protos","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/save-the-kids-faze-clan-kay-coffeezilla-proves-rug-pulls/"}]},{"content":"The token's smart contract included an anti-whale provision that, as publicly described, would designate any holder controlling more than 0.5% of total supply as a 'whale,' restricting them to selling no more than 20% of their holdings in increments of 0.1% every 24 hours. This constraint was a central selling point in promotional materials. However, according to Coffeezilla's on-chain and Discord investigation, the token's developer — identified only as 'Lucas' — modified the smart contract before the PancakeSwap listing, reducing the anti-whale time restriction from 24 hours (or in some accounts five days) down to between 60 seconds and five minutes. This change was allegedly made on the instructions of YouTube personality Sam Pepper. The modification meant that whales, including the pre-sale insiders, could liquidate their entire holdings within minutes of the public launch rather than being locked for the advertised period. Lucas stated to Coffeezilla that the change was something he 'was told to do.'","heading":"Anti-Whale Mechanism Manipulation","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Save the Kids token — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Kids_token"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Save The Kids Cryptocurrency Scam is whole lot messier than everyone thought — CoinRepublic","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2021/07/06/save-the-kids-cryptocurrency-cryptocurrency-scam-is-whole-lot-messier-than-everyone-thought/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe talent manager took 20% cut for brokering crypto pump and dumps — Protos","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/faze-esports-talent-manager-crypto-pump-dump-save-the-kids/"}]},{"content":"Before and immediately after the June 5, 2021 launch, the token was promoted across social media by a network of influencers. FaZe Clan members Frazier 'Kay' Khattri, Jarvis Khattri, Nikan Nadim, and Jakob 'Teeqo' Fischbach participated in a promotional video and made posts encouraging their audiences — which collectively numbered in the tens of millions and consisted substantially of teenagers — to invest. Additional promoters included YouTuber RiceGum, influencer and model Sommer Ray, and Xcademy founder Joel Morris. According to Coffeezilla's analysis, Frazier Kay sold approximately 6 billion $KIDS tokens worth roughly US$30,000 in the 24 hours following launch, using multiple cryptocurrency wallets. Jarvis Khattri sold approximately two-thirds of his holdings over the same period, and Nikan Nadim sold approximately one-third of his holdings over several days. Coffeezilla estimated Kay's proceeds from the dump at approximately US$80,000 based on wallet tracing. The token's price fell nearly 70% almost immediately following these sales. Teeqo was subsequently cleared; on-chain analysis showed zero outgoing transactions from his wallet, and he had in fact purchased additional tokens with his own funds during the pre-sale.","heading":"Influencer Promotion and Insider Sales","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Save the Kids token — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Kids_token"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Esports influencer fired for pumping and dumping 'Save The Kids' crypto — Protos","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/save-the-kids-faze-clan-kay-coffeezilla-proves-rug-pulls/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Teeqo might be innocent in SaveTheKids scandal, based on crypto wallet — Inven Global","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/14522/faze-teeqo-might-be-innocent-in-savethekids-scandal-based-on-cryptowallet"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Inside the 'Wild West' of cryptocurrencies and social media influencers — NBC News","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/wild-west-cryptocurrencies-social-media-influencers-rcna1469"}]},{"content":"Coffeezilla's investigation identified Sam Pepper — a British YouTube personality and alleged former roommate of Frazier Kay — as a central architect of the scheme. Pepper allegedly ordered the developer Lucas to modify the anti-whale code before launch. Pepper also maintained spreadsheets listing influencers who had received pre-sale token allocations, suggesting organized coordination. Jordan Galen, then a senior talent manager at FaZe Clan, allegedly brokered promotional deals between token developers and influencers in exchange for a commission of 10–20% of what the influencers received. Galen told Coffeezilla that after Khattri was paid, Khattri sent him between 10–20% of that amount. Protos reported that one unexecuted deal that Galen and Khattri had been negotiating would have been valued at approximately US$500,000 paid in token form. FaZe Clan fired Galen in late July 2021 following Coffeezilla's disclosures. Neither Pepper nor Galen faced publicly documented criminal charges as of the time of reporting.","heading":"Key Figures: Sam Pepper and Jordan Galen","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Clan fires senior talent manager Jordan Galen over Save the Kids scandal, Sam Pepper implicated — Esports News UK","type":"news_article","url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/07/28/faze-clan-fires-jordan-galen-save-the-kids-scandal/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe talent manager took 20% cut for brokering crypto pump and dumps — Protos","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/faze-esports-talent-manager-crypto-pump-dump-save-the-kids/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Kay Pins SaveTheKids Scandal on Sam Pepper in Statement — Esports Talk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.esportstalk.com/news/kay-pins-savethekids-scandal-on-sam-pepper-in-statement/"}]},{"content":"On July 1, 2021, FaZe Clan issued an official statement: 'FaZe Clan had absolutely no involvement with our members' activity in the cryptocurrency space, and we strongly condemn their recent behavior. The trust and respect of our fans has been, and will always be, our number one priority.' The organization permanently expelled Frazier 'Kay' Khattri and suspended Jarvis Khattri, Nikan Nadim, and Jakob Teeqo indefinitely. Teeqo was subsequently reinstated after on-chain evidence demonstrated he had not sold any holdings and had purchased additional tokens with personal funds. Jarvis and Nikan were later reinstated. Jordan Galen was dismissed as senior talent manager in late July 2021.","heading":"FaZe Clan Disciplinary Actions","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Clan Fires 1 Member, Suspends 3 More Over Alleged Pump-And-Dump Cryptocurrency Scheme — Tubefilter","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/07/02/faze-clan-save-the-kids-token-cryptocurrency-pump-and-dump/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Esports Organization FaZe Clan Drops 1 Member, Suspends 3 Following Alleged Crypto Scam — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/07/02/esports-organization-faze-clan-drops-1-member-suspends-3-following-alleged-crypto-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Clan welcomes Teeqo back after SaveTheKids suspension — Inven Global","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/15063/faze-clan-welcomes-teeqo-back-after-savethekids-suspension"}]},{"content":"Following Coffeezilla's investigative video series — ultimately totaling eight videos by year-end 2021 — Frazier Kay's legal representatives sent Coffeezilla a cease-and-desist letter alleging the statements were 'false and defamatory' and threatening a multi-million-dollar lawsuit. Kay also pressured other YouTubers who had published videos about the scandal to remove them. Coffeezilla declined to take down the videos, stated his conscience was clean, and characterized the legal threat as a tactic to suppress forthcoming evidence. No lawsuit was ever publicly filed. In August 2021, Kay pledged to repay victims and initially stated he had personally lost US$37,000; he later adjusted this figure to approximately US$500,000 by March 2022. Kay publicly blamed the scheme on Sam Pepper, claiming his own ignorance of cryptocurrency markets had allowed him to be misled. In a 2025 podcast appearance on 'Fame and Fortune With FaZe Apex,' Kay disclosed that the FBI had investigated him in connection with the scheme; no public charges are documented as of reporting.","heading":"Legal Threats and Aftermath","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Frazier Kay to sue Coffeezilla over Save the Kids crypto investigation — Esports News UK","type":"news_article","url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/07/14/frazier-kay-to-sue-coffeezilla-over-save-the-kids-crypto-investigation/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Former FaZe member threatens legal action against YouTubers who exposed his crypto scheme — PC Gamer","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.pcgamer.com/former-faze-member-threatens-legal-action-against-youtubers-who-exposed-his-crypto-scheme/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Ex-Faze Clan Member Says He's Paying Back Scammed Fans — Kotaku","type":"news_article","url":"https://kotaku.com/ex-faze-clan-member-says-hes-paying-back-scammed-fans-1847484842"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Frazier Kay finally breaks silence over Save the Kids scandal — Esports News UK","type":"news_article","url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/08/14/frazier-kay-says-sam-pepper-screwed-him-over-save-the-kids/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Kay Reveals His Side of the Save the Kids Scandal, Being Investigated by the FBI — Apple Podcasts","type":"other","url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/kay-reveals-his-side-of-the-save-the-kids/id1779171006?i=1000702920931"}]},{"content":"No formal SEC, CFTC, FTC, or DOJ charges related to the Save the Kids token have been publicly documented. Legal analysts quoted in media at the time suggested that promoters could potentially face charges relating to charity fraud, securities violations, or FTC disclosure violations, noting that penalties could theoretically reach up to 30 years imprisonment and significant fines. The FBI was alleged to have conducted an investigation, as disclosed by Kay himself in a 2025 podcast, but no indictments or charges have been reported. The absence of formal regulatory action may reflect jurisdictional complexity — several of the principal actors are British — and the evolving state of crypto enforcement in 2021. The scheme is nonetheless widely cited in regulatory commentary as a representative example of undisclosed paid influencer promotion in the cryptocurrency space.","heading":"Regulatory and Legal Context","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Could FaZe Clan be jailed over SaveTheKids crypto scam? Lawyers give their verdict — Dexerto","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/could-faze-clan-be-jailed-savethekids-crypto-scam-lawyers-give-verdict-1609162/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"How the Crypto Influencer Scam Has Evolved Over the Years — Time","type":"news_article","url":"https://time.com/6171307/influencer-scams-crypto/"}]},{"content":"The token's value fell from approximately US$0.02 at launch to around US$0.00138 by early July 2021, representing a decline of over 90% from its promotional highs. Aggregate investor losses have been estimated at approximately US$1.4 million, though this figure is difficult to verify independently; the losses were primarily borne by retail participants, many of whom were teenagers who followed the involved FaZe Clan members. Victims reported their losses publicly on social media, and FaZe Clan fans were documented losing significant amounts. The case became one of the most-cited examples in 2021 of undisclosed paid promotion of cryptocurrencies by social media influencers, and was referenced in NBC News coverage of the broader influencer-crypto promotion problem. It also demonstrated the risk posed by last-minute, undisclosed smart contract modifications in BEP-20 tokens, which retail investors are generally unable to audit.","heading":"Victim Impact and Broader Significance","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Faze Clan Members Skewered By Fans Following Huge Crypto Losses — Kotaku","type":"news_article","url":"https://kotaku.com/faze-clan-members-skewered-by-fans-following-huge-crypt-1847188685"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Inside the 'Wild West' of cryptocurrencies and social media influencers — NBC News","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/wild-west-cryptocurrencies-social-media-influencers-rcna1469"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Save the Kids token — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Kids_token"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Save the Kids token — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Kids_token"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Esports influencer fired for pumping and dumping 'Save The Kids' crypto — Protos","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/save-the-kids-faze-clan-kay-coffeezilla-proves-rug-pulls/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe talent manager took 20% cut for brokering crypto pump and dumps — Protos","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/faze-esports-talent-manager-crypto-pump-dump-save-the-kids/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Esports Organization FaZe Clan Drops 1 Member, Suspends 3 Following Alleged Crypto Scam — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/07/02/esports-organization-faze-clan-drops-1-member-suspends-3-following-alleged-crypto-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Clan Fires 1 Member, Suspends 3 More Over Alleged Pump-And-Dump Cryptocurrency Scheme — Tubefilter","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/07/02/faze-clan-save-the-kids-token-cryptocurrency-pump-and-dump/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Clan fires senior talent manager Jordan Galen over Save the Kids scandal — Esports News UK","type":"news_article","url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/07/28/faze-clan-fires-jordan-galen-save-the-kids-scandal/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Frazier Kay to sue Coffeezilla over Save the Kids crypto investigation — Esports News UK","type":"news_article","url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/07/14/frazier-kay-to-sue-coffeezilla-over-save-the-kids-crypto-investigation/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Frazier Kay finally breaks silence over Save the Kids scandal — Esports News UK","type":"news_article","url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/08/14/frazier-kay-says-sam-pepper-screwed-him-over-save-the-kids/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Teeqo might be innocent in SaveTheKids scandal — Inven Global","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/14522/faze-teeqo-might-be-innocent-in-savethekids-scandal-based-on-cryptowallet"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FaZe Clan welcomes Teeqo back after SaveTheKids suspension — Inven Global","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/15063/faze-clan-welcomes-teeqo-back-after-savethekids-suspension"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Former FaZe member threatens legal action against YouTubers — PC Gamer","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.pcgamer.com/former-faze-member-threatens-legal-action-against-youtubers-who-exposed-his-crypto-scheme/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Ex-Faze Clan Member Says He's Paying Back Scammed Fans — Kotaku","type":"news_article","url":"https://kotaku.com/ex-faze-clan-member-says-hes-paying-back-scammed-fans-1847484842"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Frazier Kay reveals how much Save the Kids NFT scandal cost him — Dexerto","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/frazer-kay-reveals-how-much-save-the-kids-nft-scandal-cost-him-1780245/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Could FaZe Clan be jailed over SaveTheKids crypto scam? — Dexerto","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/could-faze-clan-be-jailed-savethekids-crypto-scam-lawyers-give-verdict-1609162/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Inside the 'Wild West' of cryptocurrencies and social media influencers — NBC News","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/wild-west-cryptocurrencies-social-media-influencers-rcna1469"},{"credibility":1,"name":"How the Crypto Influencer Scam Has Evolved Over the Years — Time","type":"news_article","url":"https://time.com/6171307/influencer-scams-crypto/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Save The Kids Cryptocurrency Scam is whole lot messier than everyone thought — CoinRepublic","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2021/07/06/save-the-kids-cryptocurrency-cryptocurrency-scam-is-whole-lot-messier-than-everyone-thought/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Former FaZe clan member pressures YouTubers to remove videos — NME","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/former-faze-clan-member-pressures-youtubers-to-remove-videos-exposing-crypto-allegation-videos-2994754"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Kay Reveals His Side of the Save the Kids Scandal, FBI Investigation — Apple Podcasts","type":"other","url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/kay-reveals-his-side-of-the-save-the-kids/id1779171006?i=1000702920931"}],"summary":"Save the Kids ($KIDS) was a BEP-20 token launched on June 5, 2021, on Binance Smart Chain and traded on PancakeSwap, marketed as a charity token that would donate 1% of transaction fees to children's causes. The token collapsed approximately 70% within hours of launch following coordinated selling by pre-sale insiders, including FaZe Clan members who had promoted it to their predominantly teenage audiences. YouTuber-investigator Stephen 'Coffeezilla' Findeisen subsequently established through on-chain analysis and Discord evidence that the token's anti-whale protection had been secretly modified before launch to enable rapid insider dumps, and that FaZe Clan member Frazier 'Kay' Khattri and YouTube personality Sam Pepper were among the primary architects of the scheme.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-06-05","event":"Save the Kids ($KIDS) token launches on PancakeSwap (Binance Smart Chain) at approximately US$0.02. Anti-whale smart contract code had already been modified before launch, reducing the sell restriction from 24 hours to approximately 60 seconds to 5 minutes, allegedly on Sam Pepper's orders.","source":"Wikipedia / Protos","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Kids_token"},{"date":"2021-06-05","event":"Within hours of launch, FaZe Kay (Frazier Khattri) sells approximately 6 billion $KIDS tokens worth roughly US$30,000. Jarvis Khattri sells two-thirds of his holdings; Nikan Nadim sells approximately one-third. Token price collapses by approximately 70%.","source":"Protos","source_url":"https://protos.com/save-the-kids-faze-clan-kay-coffeezilla-proves-rug-pulls/"},{"date":"2021-07-01","event":"FaZe Clan issues official statement condemning the behavior of its members and announces that Frazier 'Kay' Khattri is permanently expelled, and that Jarvis Khattri, Nikan Nadim, and Jakob Teeqo are suspended indefinitely.","source":"Tubefilter / CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/07/02/esports-organization-faze-clan-drops-1-member-suspends-3-following-alleged-crypto-scam"},{"date":"2021-07-06","event":"Coffeezilla (Stephen Findeisen) publishes investigative findings linking FaZe Kay's wallets to the project developer via Discord evidence, and revealing the anti-whale code modification. Additional investigation implicates Sam Pepper as the person who ordered the code change.","source":"CoinRepublic / Protos","source_url":"https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2021/07/06/save-the-kids-cryptocurrency-cryptocurrency-scam-is-whole-lot-messier-than-everyone-thought/"},{"date":"2021-07-14","event":"Frazier Kay's legal representatives send a cease-and-desist letter to Coffeezilla, alleging defamation and threatening a multi-million-dollar lawsuit. Kay also pressures other YouTubers to remove their coverage. Coffeezilla declines to comply.","source":"Esports News UK","source_url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/07/14/frazier-kay-to-sue-coffeezilla-over-save-the-kids-crypto-investigation/"},{"date":"2021-07-28","event":"FaZe Clan fires senior talent manager Jordan Galen following Coffeezilla's disclosures that Galen brokered promotional deals between token developers and FaZe members, taking a 10–20% commission.","source":"Esports News UK","source_url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/07/28/faze-clan-fires-jordan-galen-save-the-kids-scandal/"},{"date":"2021-08-13","event":"Frazier Kay publicly pledges to repay as many victims as possible, claims he personally lost US$37,000, and blames Sam Pepper for the scheme, stating 'trusting him was a mistake.'","source":"Esports News UK / Kotaku","source_url":"https://esports-news.co.uk/2021/08/14/frazier-kay-says-sam-pepper-screwed-him-over-save-the-kids/"},{"date":"2021-08","event":"Jakob 'Teeqo' Fischbach is reinstated to FaZe Clan after on-chain analysis of his wallet shows zero outgoing $KIDS transactions and confirms he purchased additional tokens with personal funds.","source":"Inven Global","source_url":"https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/15063/faze-clan-welcomes-teeqo-back-after-savethekids-suspension"},{"date":"2022-03","event":"Frazier Kay revises his claimed personal losses in the scandal upward to approximately US$500,000.","source":"Dexerto","source_url":"https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/frazer-kay-reveals-how-much-save-the-kids-nft-scandal-cost-him-1780245/"},{"date":"2025-04-09","event":"Frazier Kay appears on the 'Fame and Fortune With FaZe Apex' podcast and discloses for the first time that the FBI investigated him in connection with the Save the Kids scheme. No criminal charges have been publicly filed.","source":"Apple Podcasts / Fame and Fortune With FaZe Apex","source_url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/kay-reveals-his-side-of-the-save-the-kids/id1779171006?i=1000702920931"}]},"v":1}

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