Overview
- Dave Sarkisyan says he helped his son set up a $20 YouTube ad and that the nine-year-old then used a Google account with saved company card details to create many more campaigns over about three weeks.
- Dave says corporate finance called him into a meeting Wednesday after systems flagged roughly $118,000 in charges on the company card assigned to him.
- The family posted a video explaining the situation and said they will remove saved payment details, add parental spending caps, and may pause the Mighty Mike Plays channel while the matter is reviewed.
- Reporting notes the six-figure figure and the company’s formal response have not been independently verified, but at least one independent creator captured a Mighty Mike ad, which supports that paid promotions ran.
- The case shows how saved payment methods and Google Ads tools can be used without child-facing limits and could lead to repayment demands, job consequences for the father, and pressure on platforms to add stronger parental and corporate controls.