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How would you know if someone is from Ukraine or not? I don't think that cgtrader is giving those badges left and right just for nothing, they probably have enough means to determine designer's country of origin, or residence. On the other hand, maybe you are simply confusing "designer from Ukraine" and "donation for Ukraine" badges? Those are two distinct things.
Example: cadcart. The 3d-villains that were registered as british business now selling models and are shown on CGTrader with the UA flag as "model made by Ukrainian designer".
Couple days ago I've reported to support identical models in "Solitaire-3d" and "cadcart" stores (both are the big market killers). At that moment I've noticed UA flag on the "british" seller.
Also infamous seller of all scraped and stolen from ex-USSR's 3d-print services seller ex-Shryas was "lithuanian" couple years ago but now he is "ukrainian" (anyway I knew he always was ukrainian...)
Perhaps somebody (i mean CGT managers) are not angels. "Money doesn't smells"???
Hmm, now that you mentioned Lithuanians, i recall that i saw quite a few "Lithuanian" sellers who pretty unlikely has anything to do with Lithuania. Something strange is going on here indeed.
Nothing strange) Ordinary redistribution and expansion spheres of influence of the jewelry mafia))
I got reply from support... They call it "it might be an associate account of CADcart as they have a fairly large team and affiliates"... So small designers and sellers might be suspended for breaking the "community and site rules", or even just because they are born and living in the "wrong" countries. But BIG BOYS can write their own "rules", make "affiliates" and "associates", or call themselves "victims" and wear "the right" flags just because it gives more profit.
