yearly classical has been rigged?

Following the yearly classical for hours and seeing a very interesting battle between farmville and penguingim1 for the top position.
Then literally MINUTES before the end of the tournament and farmville with 12 points leading, points were deducted for farmville, i talked to fishy in the chat and he told me that was because farmville was playing a cheater - but ok, can someone explain this noob (me!) how someone can get tournament points deducted because he was playing a cheater? It means he won the games versus the cheater to start with, because how else can be points deducted, but even so, farmville cannot help it that he was playing a cheater, can he? the pairing decide who you play, so if you are paired with a cheater, that's just your bad luck?
I am sure the rules will have something to say about that and of course with the assumption that farmville is not the cheater himself, but then I guess he would be banned from the score and not get points deducted...
Anyway, this happening really spoiled it for me, I watched for hours, a very exciting battle, penguingim1 of course the better player, but he was having a hard time getting closer to farmville - I was actually rooting for penguin, but the way he won it now with the point deduction, that was pretty lame and unless someone explains it here properly, I can only say that it was a real disappointment to see the battle decided by deducting points for whatever reason...
Don't get me wrong, I love penguingim1, I follow his twitch and more - and I was rooting for him, but I did not want him to win it this way...

Edited: it seems that points were deducted because someone threw a match, like resigned for no reason or something, I just got that from the chat, but still I feel that only if farmville clearly made an agreement with that person to resign, how can he be punished for that? That means that someone can make random accounts, play such a yearly and then wait until one top player is about to be paired and make sure you are free and then you can really annoy him with the point deduction later on... What I try to say is: I don't understand! :) can someone please explain it to me?

Your explanation is quite rambling and I found very difficult to follow. Also, the thread title makes an accusation Lichess "rigged the event" ??? You are suggesting Lichess makes a practice of fixing it's tournaments? Tsk...tsk
Quite obviously I think you are not aware of the whole course of events and are making "assumptions". The "hypothetical" situation of someone making a random account, qualify for the event, only to sandbag a game, is quite absurd, wouldn't you say?
It seems appropriate to have the point deducted from a player when the opponent sandbagged the game and simply resigns early on.(There may be a past history you are entirely unaware of). You said plural points were deducted?? A complete explanation of the decisions and methods made by Lichess may not be forth-coming nor should they be obliged to do so to the general public. The player in question can appeal himself.

well rambling or not, i watched the yearly tournament for nearly 5 hours and it was strange to say the least that a few minutes before the end, a known name benefited from an overactive moderator who deducted points from the not so known - penguin is for sure a deserved champion, but come on, why we need this??
and your bullshit about the player himself can appeal, we are for crying out loud in a general discussion thread, it's all about rambling here and i don't agree with you on the fact that the player should lose points when the opponent sandbagged, because first of all that is very hard to proof, for all we know there was an emergency, he wanted to close his music app and closed the browser, but foremost, what can the player do about this??
Even if he sandbagged, let's say after 2 minutes of play, how you compensate the 2 minutes?
It's just taking it a step too far and in this case it really spoiled the yearly classical for me :/

Well... cursing, making accusations of "rigged", over active moderators, saying "points" deducted after a single game, distrust of the the detection team and it's decisions is all I need to evaluate your credibility in assessing the event.
For your information, it is not so difficult to "prove".

I make accusation with intention for help, you just kissing butts. It is not easy to proof, it is easy to think it is easy and just accept things.
Penguin got many followers, higher chance someone to complain about sandbag or other issue, maybe in other games it stay unnoticed.
Instead of observe and repeat, you better say concrete things or not disturb the thread maybe?

@elparleur

In a past tournament (it might even have been yearly classical), a certain GM streamer, who has been banned from chesscom for using engine during a money tournament, was allowed to openly cheat in the tournament.
He cheated by having his IM buddy with him, discussing moves together. It was allowed, even though Lichess terms clearly states it is cheating.

That being said, it's not out of the question that a moderator has a grievance with Farmville and intentionally targeted him and cost him the tournament.

I expect to be banned/muted after writing this comment.

Take it in while it's hot.

Well not need to have grievance, there are much more ppl follow penguin and with that more critics of his opponents and if therefor higher chance they report games to team, it is simple maths. But what can farmville do about that? Nobody complain if penguin have easy win, i dont say we should, but is just vvery difficult and to deduct points just before close tournament, it was just strange to me and i stick to my point, what can the person do about it when you paired with the cheater? Makes no sense he lose points, unless he is guilty of something...

@elparleur
You say you watched and enjoyed the chess event, all the games for 5 hours. You then claim an "incident" at the very end "ruined" the entire event for you. If you were an impartial observer, someone watching the games, one result would not ruin the event unless you had a particular interest in Farmville, a personal agenda or a score to settle with the winner of the event. Despite your claim to the contrary, you have made repeated grievances here.
Points are not deducted unless a careful examination is made of the facts, of which you are completely uninformed about.
I hope Staff takes these accusations of rigging events, mod's intentionally targeting certain players are dealt with appropriately.
You have played 1 game here in 1 1/2 years. It is easily understood you may feel free to make these claims with no fear of reprisals.

I can assure you we did nothing to rig the event. We do not give or take away points. We do remove users that are breaking the ToS by f.ex. cheating.

When a user is flagged for use of engine assistance the users is removed from the tournament and the games removed from the tournament.

Most often, tournament directors of any event, be it on-line or OTB, do not post "reasons" for deducting a point from a player. This is due to the policy of "naming and shaming" is frowned upon. It is to protect the players. In OTB tournaments, a player is deducted a point or is forfeited; reasons are not always posted . It is between the player and Directors, not any business of the general public, unless the information is deemed beneficial to release.