FTX Files Lawsuit Against Ex-Compliance Chief Friedberg Over Alleged 'Hush Money' Payments
The lawyers of defunct crypto exchange FTX are suing the company’s former compliance chief officer Daniel Friedberg for paying off insiders who threatened to reveal the exchange's illegal activities. The lawsuit alleges...
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The lawsuit alleges that the former compliance chief served as a "fixer," paying "exorbitant hush money" to potential whistleblowers who threatened to expose the executives’ alleged misappropriation of user funds....
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