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UPDATE: BLOOMBERG: Citigroup Employee Who Operated QAnon Website On Paid Leave Pending An Internal Investigation.
Jason Gelinas, an employee at Citigroup Inc., has been placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation after he was identified as the operator of the most prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Gelinas, who lives in New Jersey, was identified Sept. 10 as the operator of the website QMap.pup and its associated mobile apps by the fact-checking site Logically.ai. Since then, the website has shut down and now simply provides links to alternative websites offering information on the QAnon conspiracy.
Gelinas earned over $3,000 a month on a crowd-funded Patreon site dedicated to supporting the QAnon site, which he said helped cover the monthly operating costs.
“As outlined in our Code of Conduct, employees are required to disclose and obtain approvals for outside business activities,” Citigroup said in a statement, declining to comment on Gelinas’s status.
BLOOMBERG: QAnon Website Shuts Down After N.J. Man (Jason Gelinas of Citigroup) Identified As Operator. Sep 16, 20:38
UPDATE: BLOOMBERG: Citigroup Employee Who Operated QAnon Website On Paid Leave Pending An Internal Investigation. Sep 16, 20:46