So, The Completionist is back. Watched his explanation video, and honestly, his side of the story is more or less what I figured. They never stole the money, it was always there, it was waiting to be donated in a way that they could track what it was used for. He fucked up, bad, by keeping that fact to himself during the last donation marathon instead of being up front about it.
And from there Mutahar and Jobst, who basically had no idea what they were talking about, managed to fuck over his entire life for it and their view counts.
Like, don't get me wrong, it's clear The Completionist fucked up by keeping the fact they were having trouble getting the donations guaranteed to go to families in need and not administrative costs to himself. Like, that was a massive fuckup. But Jesus tapdancing Christ did he ever over pay for that fuck up thanks to the shit takes and false 'journalism' of our armchair defamers known as Mutahar and Jobst. Which, by the way, their dramatizing the whole thing apparently made donating the money harder cause, surprise surprise, charities don't like to be involved in scandals.