It's no secret that the top streamers make bank, either from donations or sponsorships due to their massive following. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for small-time streamers. Because of their smaller viewership, they don't always get sponsors and don't receive much in the way of donations. However, this wasn't the case for several small-time streamers that have recently been found out to have been part of a massive money-laundering scheme.
Government gets involved in Twitch money-laundering scheme
The recent Twitch data breach revealed just how much money the platform's biggest streamers are making. What's interesting is that it also shed light on some small-time streamers from Turkey whose streaming earnings were not proportional with their followers.