Perhaps I'm late but I checked ther chat, there is no talk about scammed whale by mod.
Scroll up the chat, there is a user namely Soloplayer who complain about not getting rain for long time.
This user also mention a name of mod "veleten" and complain something but I have no idea what is his main issue except about the rain. 
Is this user the one you are referring to? Or there is different case?