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Father loses job over 9-year-old spending $118,000 on Minecraft YouTube ads using his company's credit card — 'I’m going to be working until I’m like 94,' refuses to set up GoFundMe or put up crypto coin to help repay massive bill “I’m going to be working until I’m like 94.” A 9-year-old Minecraft player called MightyMikePLays67 unknowingly spent a massive $118,000 on their dad’s company credit card to promote their YouTube channel. The father, Dave, gave a lengthy update on the YouTube channel, saying he’s lost his job and has to pay the amount within 30 days. Interestingly, he’s had no issues with losing work, saying that “jobs come and go. I’ve worked my whole life; I’ll find another job… I’ve got two hands, I’m healthy, I’m capable of working. So, if losing my job was the worst that came out of this, I’d honestly probably be okay.” Unfortunately, he’s still on the hook for the massive bill, and it's gotten to the point where he and his wife are talking about selling their home to help pay for it. Despite the depressing development, Dave and Mike were still about to joke around a bit about it. After Dave thanked his son for bringing him some water, Mike answered, “67.” He then asked, “Mike, do you even know what 67 means?” To which the kid replied, “To say the least, I do not know what it means, but I think it doesn’t mean anything. It’s just something that makes people laugh and smile.” The dad then replied, “Yeah, I would have to agree with that, Mike. Actually, I know what 67 means, Mike. That’s how old you’re going to be when you finally have to stop mowing lawns… That’s retirement age for the general public, but not for your old man. After this situation, apparently, I’m going to be working until I’m like 94.” Interestingly, Dave said that he doesn’t want to accept external help, like setting up a GoFundMe or a crypto coin to help with the bill. “We do not have a Mighty Mike coin. We don’t have a 67 coin. We don’t have any coins. No crypto. We don’t have a GoFundMe. We have no fund raising set up.” He set up a merch website with 14 different shirt designs that remind people of Mighty Mike’s misadventures, but only three designs are currently available. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. A few comments said that this was a scam or a made-up story, but Dave shared a screenshot of the credit card bill (which was eventually removed) showing the $118,479.83 bill on the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card. Several others encouraged him to take the help being offered and let big news channels talk to him, but he seems to want to deal with the problem on his own. “So, I felt like if I sit down with Fox or CNN or whatever, and I tell them my story, what has that changed?” Dave said during the YouTube video. “I’m still living in this reality, and I still have to sort of dig myself out of this hole. I don’t know if I have the mental bandwidth to sit there and talk to some reporter, but I might, anyway.” Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News, or add us as a preferred source, to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics. - Dementoss No surprise he lost his job, he should never have used the company credit card in the first place. Presumably thought a small payment would go unnoticed but, has now paid a heavy price.Reply - hotaru251 sucks, but it was a needed lesson on the dad and kids part.Reply you dont use company card for personal use and you dont give a single digit child access to use your cc w/o supervision. - Thryfte Reply Are you AI? That's the dumbest take I could imagine someone having. You must either be a bot or you didn't read the article.. or that kid is smarter than you are.Dementoss said:No surprise he lost his job, he should never have used the company credit card in the first place. Presumably thought a small payment would go unnoticed but, has now paid a heavy price. - Thryfte Reply $120,000 for the privilege of learning that. Yes, totally a "needed lesson" lol you people are horrible.hotaru251 said:sucks, but it was a needed lesson on the dad and kids part. you dont use company card for personal use and you dont give a single digit child access to use your cc w/o supervision. - USAFRet Reply So what is YOUR take on this situation?Thryfte said:Are you AI? That's the dumbest take I could imagine someone having. You must either be a bot or you didn't read the article.. or that kid is smarter than you are. - Thryfte Reply Not that anybody cares about my opinion but I have had a company credit card on my person many times before. I could understand a situation where the kid gets their hands on the credit card without parental knowledge. I think the company trying to make him pay is borderline criminal and Google should refund any of the money that hasn't been used to post an ad yet. Obviously he should be held accountable as much as possible because we live in a world where normal people face consequences (just not the rich people) and it's admirable he's not begging for assistance. Going "haha he obviously tried to steal money and go unnoticed, get pwned" is a pathetically simple and hostile mindset.USAFRet said:So what is YOUR take on this situation? - USAFRet Reply And I did not get that from the comment you originally replied to.Thryfte said:Going "haha he obviously tried to steal money and go unnoticed, get pwned" is a pathetically simple and hostile mindset. But, whatever. - Qadsedx Reply No clue where the <<removed>> in your corn flakes came from, but I mean they aren't wrong. The guy's company card was there to begin with because he thought a small Robux purchase would go unnoticed. There's also a decent chance this purchase was meant to be on the same company card.Thryfte said:Are you AI? That's the dumbest take I could imagine someone having. You must either be a bot or you didn't read the article.. or that kid is smarter than you are. Youtube/Google are disgusting for not doing anything about this and letting the family get shafted with less than a month to pay off $120,000, quite literally ruining their lives. But it's not like they stole the dad's wallet and typed the card in themselves, and it's not like they forced him to trust the use of that money to a 9 year old; money that was multiple layers away from even being the dad's to begin with. - TerryLaze Reply From the moment there is no return policy of any kind they might as well have stolen it themselves...Qadsedx said:But it's not like they stole the dad's wallet and typed the card in themselves, and it's not like they forced him to trust the use of that money to a 9 year old; money that was multiple layers away from even being the dad's to begin with. I mean paypal .and many banks, doesn't give you your money if you suddenly get a lot of sums added to your account but if companies suddenly get a lot of payments from a first time customer, no problems at all charging them with no way out.
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