A BBC reporter stormed out of an interview after a lookalike arrived in Logan Paul’s place in a recent documentary.
The YouTube star is facing accusations of misleading followers about crypto investments by promoting coins without disclosing his own financial interests.
According to the BBC, Paul promoted crypto investments to his followers without disclosing his own financial interests in them, which allegedly caused the prices of the investments to skyrocket. He has denied any wrongdoing.
The broadcaster also claimed that after the YouTuber-turned-boxer tweeted about cryptocurrencies in 2021, an anonymous crypto wallet – which stores keys for cryptocurrency transactions and allows its owners to manage their money – connected to his public wallet, traded and subsequently a profit of $120,000 (£95,000).
In a BBC documentary, titled Logan Paul: Bad Influence, reporter Matt Shea attempted to interview the social media personality who became a WWE star over the allegations.
The program begins with Shea traveling to Puerto Rico to visit the gym owned by both Logan and his brother Jake Paul, who recently defeated Mike Tyson in a controversial boxing match.
A BBC reporter became frustrated after being confronted by a Logan Paul lookalike
Matt Shea attempted to interview Paul over allegations of misleading followers about crypto investments
The BBC claims Paul’s team ‘insisted’ on flying to the Caribbean island via Storm Ernesto, but instead of being met by Paul himself, Shea had the interesting experience of being confronted by a lookalike.
After noting that there were a “suspicious” number of cameras in the room, even though the staging had already been set up before Shea arrived, the reporter finally realizes why.
“You look different,” he says, smiling as he understands what’s happening.
“I’m locked up, ready for this interview, do you have any questions?” The Paul lookalike answers.
“I have to say the real Logan Paul looks very different,” Shea replies, before asking the rest of the social media star’s team, “Is Logan coming?”
The lookalike continues to claim he’s a “serious person,” before Shea finally realizes he’s not making any progress and says, “Let’s get out of here, I’m not doing this.”
But before he can leave, a group arrives in the room with placards of Shea’s face, with the fake Paul approaching him with a microphone as the group sings, seemingly anti-BBC messages.
“So instead of defending himself against the allegations we investigated, Logan decided to troll us,” Shea continues via voiceover.
Shea then leaves the interview after admitting to the lookalike: ‘I don’t do this’
A group then entered the room with a megaphone and banners apparently protesting Shea and the BBC
“Minutes after leaving the gym, we receive a letter from lawyers on behalf of Logan Paul, warning us not to publicize our allegations.
“But these allegations against him are not going away, in fact they have been increasing since 2021.”
The BBC also claims that the YouTuber shared a post on social media in 2021 about a particular cryptocurrency, and that “an anonymous crypto wallet with close ties to his public wallet had traded in the coin.”
It is claimed that the anonymous wallet has made $121,000 (£92,000) in profits.
Paul is currently facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the failed crypto project CryptoZoo, amid fraud allegations.
The influencer launched the project in 2021, but faced controversy a year later when YouTube channel Coffeezilla produced a three-part docuseries accusing Paul and his company of scamming users.
DailyMail.com approached Paul’s team for comment.
The game was supposed to allow users to purchase basic egg NFTs that would watch and grow into animal NFTs, which could then be a bread and butter with other NFTs.
Paul (right) was present when his younger brother, Jake, defeated Mike Tyson in a controversial boxing match
To earn $ZOO tokens, the game’s currency, users must hatch eggs.
Unfortunately, the game did not work as intended and later became the subject of a class action lawsuit.
Paul, who has denied defrauding anyone, has pointed the finger at the makers of the games.
But despite insisting he is not at fault, he has offered a $2.3 million (£1.8 million) buyback program to resolve the issue.
“I’m going to take care of the people who gave me the impression that this was a scam perpetrated by me,” Paul said. “I didn’t make any damn money, mate. I lost half a million dollars because of this.”