CrofAI exposed as OpenRouter wrapper with big markups

Researchers allege CrofAI (NahCrofAI) was an OpenRouter wrapper that silently routed requests to cheaper/weaker models while charging up to 20x markups. The operator denied then backtracked and ultimately wiped the service; examples include routing Kimi K3 requests to GLM models, per the exposé.

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