The bottom of their e-mails say 11015 York Road, Cockeysville MD 21030 USA
However, google maps says that is a place called Precision Tune Auto Care....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/11015+York+Rd,+Cockeysville,+MD+21030/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c81279781138df:0x418d7f10fb767a74?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja8NDB56zWAhVM6YMKHUImCaIQ8gEIJTAA
So here we have a man named Petre from Romania (he confirmed this a few pages back) who lied about his name and is promoting a company that lists an address that really belongs to an auto-repair shop. Then he changes his story multiple times about what is going on/when people will receive their payments, finally sending out an e-mail claiming that anyone who hasn't been paid is a cheater and that he will be taking a week off.
This whole thing screams SCAM louder and louder the deeper you look into it.
The founder (
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-warfield-aa064713/) indeed owns a car repair company (
https://www.facebook.com/PrecisionTuneAutoCareHuntValley/)
Both he and Peter are involved in a more or less legit marketing platform for authors (
http://SeriousReading.com).
I checked this before I got involved, and it only raised minor red flags, could have still been legit.
What they did with the fake-bounty program however... will reflect on their other businesses, as well.