Ex-FTX Foundation employee pursues unpaid $275k bonus
Ross Rheingans-Yoo, an FTX charity wing employee recruited by co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, is seeking the remaining $275,000 of his alleged 2022 salary bonus . The attorneys for Ross Rheingans-Yoo stated in a legal document filed on Nov. 13 that FTX had only disbursed $375,000 of his entitled $650,000 bonus . They argue that the remaining amount was still owed when the cryptocurrency exchange went bankrupt in November 2022. This latest legal move is a response to FTX’s objection filed on Oct. 30. Documents shared by Rheingans-Yoo, including a Google Doc from FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, outlined his employment terms at the FTX Foundation, with a base salary of $100,000. Rheingans-Yoo maintains that he was not part of Bankman-Fried’s close circle and was unaware of any misappropriation of customer funds at FTX. His legal team stated, “Rheingans-Yoo was a faithful employee who found himself in a mess he did not create.” You might also like: FTX...