Edited sentence: Ally has so far refused to pay out this lump sum to the 50 duped creators, claiming that a debt was owed to them by Defy Media.Because of how MCNs work, the money earned by the creators on the network went through Defy (which takes a small cut) before reaching the creators’ own bank accounts.Because of this, Defy Media was in possession of over 1.7 million dollars in money that didn’t belong to them when they declared bankruptcy.By closing your accounts in this money-grabbing corporation, you are making them lose way more money than they did when Defy went under.Divest from Ally Financial.However, by taking money that didn’t belong to Defy in the first place, they are effectively stealing from independent content creators, many of whom rely on their monthly paycheck to survive.On October 6th, 2018, the YouTube multi-channel network (MCN) Defy Media went out of business, leaving all of their remaining assets in their account at Ally Financial