The convoy protest in Ottawa raised more than $20 million over its three-week occupation of the city’s downtown. Court filings show how protest organizers spent their money, and how much of it remains unspent or unaccounted for.
This photo shows the first weekend of the convoy protest in Ottawa that became a three-week occupation of downtown streets.
Most of the money in escrow stems from Tamara Lich, the convoy leader who had access to the majority of the money through her. The crowdfunding efforts she led raised nearly $10.1 million from 120,000 donors before donations were suspended. The money used to fund the convoy protest came from various online fundraisers and included cryptocurrency.money raised through GiveSendGoRecently filed court documents show $4.25 million is being held by a payment processing company, but the remaining $7.75 million is unaccounted for.
Most of the digital currency was drained from its original source, with one main self-professed crypto organizer posting videos of himself handing access information directly to convoy supporters in downtown Ottawa. An email address was set up to accept donations, which also went into a personal account belonging to her. At the time, she was the only person with access to the donations.
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