Oh, wait ...
P.S. It's fascinating how Ezra's initially personal money quietly morphs into Rebel News' money in the fine print. Anyway, good luck collecting. No, really, go for it and let us know how that turns out.
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Interesting confirmation of the Scrooge McDuck imagery; Ezra really does view all revenue flowing into the Rebel from any source, for any reason, as "his own" money.
The Rebel has offered several of these stupid "bounty hunter" rewards. As far as I know, not one has been paid out.
Maybe it's just me, but this sounds a lot like obstruction of justice. Ezra is offering a reward not simply to whoever provides information about the culprit(s), but the fine print makes it clear that the information is NOT to be given to the authorities but to him personally, I'm guessing so he can milk it for political gain and public relations.
Quite simply, Ezra is offering money for people not to report what they know to the police. How is that not illegal?
I'm pretty sure I saw Rebel pull this scam before. Even if you pass on information that absolutely identifies the culprit and results in his/her arrest, all Ezra has to do is say, "Yes, your information was accurate but we got exactly the same information from 19 other people at the same time so your pro-rated share is $500," and there's nothing you can do about it since all of this is confidential and Ezra has no obligation to prove anything. Anyone who thinks they're going to collect $10,000 off of this is deluded. And possibly breaking the law.
If the police or RCMP identify the arsonist first, they should immediately apply for the reward. Technically, they would have satisfied the conditions of the reward.
Way back when "The Rebel" first started up, I referred to it as a vanity blog ... it seems in many ways that it still is.
I was the guy who identified the hotel clerk who grabbed David Menzies
at the Radisson in Toronto.
He offered a $100 reward. I gave it to him within 10 minutes of him
posting the reward offer.
Ezra responded within 5 minutes of my email saying he would pay out after he verified the name was correct.
He stopped replying after that. I think it's safe to say he won't pay anything.
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