For the first time in history, the entrepreneur will pay a penalty for non-compliance with the Kickstarter campaign

Kickstarter crowdfunding platform has been working for a long time and successfully. Nevertheless, it is not without flaws - sometimes there are scammers among respectable authors of projects. For profit, some users create a believable campaign, raise funds, and then disappear in an unknown direction.

Other users delay the implementation of the project, hoping that the "investors" will forget about their pre-order. But soon, the situation is likely to change for the better. Thus, for the first time in the history of crowdfunding, the creator of one of the projects collecting funds on Kickstarter was obliged to pay a penalty for late shipment of goods to customers, writes Polygon. A Washington state court decision can now serve as a precedent that companies and individuals who have invested in any of the projects and have received nothing in return will use in their own interests.

Washington State lawyer Bob Ferguson commented on the situation as follows: "The state of Washington will not encourage crowdfunding thieves." He also added that if a Kickstarter user collects funds, but does not fulfill his obligations, then such a user will soon face a trial.
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The reason for the litigation was the campaign Asylum Playing Card . Its creator raised funds, but did not send the goods to customers. The total amount of funds raised was $ 25,146, with a target of $ 15,000.

The court decided to return 31 customers of the mentioned Kickstarter campaign from Washington State for $ 668. In addition, campaign authors must pay $ 31,000 as a fine and return $ 23,183 to the state for reimbursement of legal expenses.