
Ree has since been removed from Showtime and has returned $3,000 to the project. Only after requests for postage were rejected did Ree confess to appropriating the funds. The moderation team said that Ree went as far as providing "misleading and out of date banking screenshots to suggest all funds were available," when in actuality the account had been totally exhausted over several months. Related: Leaving Genshin Impact Behind Was The Best Decision I Ever MadeĪccording to Showtime's statement, former head moderator Ree misappropriated project funds for personal use, emptying the account of $27,625.10 CAD. Unfortunately, just over half of the complete magazines were mailed before the project ran out of money for postage of the remaining pre-orders.

The project began on commerce site Etsy and has over 1500 pre-orders. " Showtime is a fan anthology focusing on the rivalry between Joker and Crow of Persona 5 featuring illustrations, comics, and fanfiction," reads the site description. A head moderator has been removed from a Persona 5 fanzine after allegedly embezzling over $27,000 CAD from the project to spend in Genshin Impact.
