Overview
- Filed December 31, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the complaint by LaShawnna Ridley and Tiffany Hines requests no less than $5 million and a jury trial.
- The suit alleges Drake, Adin Ross, and facilitator George Nguyen used Stake.us’s tipping feature as an unregulated money transmitter to route funds for botting campaigns that inflated Drake’s streaming metrics and royalties.
- Court filings cite large transfers, including $100,000 and $10,000 tips to Ross, and describe Nguyen’s role in converting Stake proceeds and paying bot vendors.
- Plaintiffs claim Stake.us was marketed as a harmless social casino yet enabled real-value transfers via token bundles and crypto redemption, exposing users to illegal gambling risk and losses.
- Stake’s parent Easygo has previously rejected similar allegations and pledged to defend such claims, and reporting notes no criminal charges have been filed.