FTX Asks for Its Political Donations to Be Returned

FTX Asks for Its Political Donations to Be Returned

FTX Asks for Its Political Donations , to Be Returned.

Insider reports that the bankrupt crypto exchange made the request on Feb.

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Any politicians or political action committees who received donations made by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX executives or other related companies... ... are being asked to return donations by Feb.

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If payments aren't returned by then, donation recipients may be called to bankruptcy court with added interest.

According to 'The New York Times,' politicians received $90 million from FTX employees.

Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX Bahamas headquarters Ryan Salame and FTX's former director of engineering, Nishad Singh, .

Respectively donated $40 million, $23 million and $7.9 million to Democratic causes.

Nancy Pelosi and John Fetterman are among the high-profile politicians who received donations.

Nancy Pelosi and John Fetterman are among the high-profile politicians who received donations.

According to CoinDesk, as of mid-January, neither of them had returned the funds.

According to CoinDesk, as of mid-January, neither of them had returned the funds.

Only five out of 196 politicians had reportedly complied with FTX's request at that time