13 votes The high-tech iBackpack received almost $800,000 from crowdfunding, but backers never received their bags. Now the creator is being sued by the FTC and state of Texas Posted March 4, 2020 by Deimos Tags: crowdfunding, doug monahan, kickstarter, indiegogo, usa.tx, ftc, legal, lawsuits, author.ashley carman, source.the verge, long read https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21156136/ibackpack-smart-backpack-kickstarter-indiegogo-crowdfunding-scam-investigation-ftc-doug-monahan Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Title The government says this backpack is a fraud, but the creator says he's just a failure Published Mar 4 2020 Word count 5523 words