Citigroup employee exposed as QAnon website operator put on leave
The senior IT group manager was named as operator of conspiracy website QMap.pub before it was shut down
17 September 2020 - 18:17
New York — Jason Gelinas, an employee at Citigroup, has been placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation after he was identified as the operator of the most prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Gelinas, who lives in New Jersey, was identified on September 10 as the operator of the website QMap.pub and its associated mobile apps by the fact-checking site Logically.ai. Since then, the website has shut down and now simply provides links to alternative websites offering information on the QAnon conspiracy...
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