Multiple top ex-employees of collapsed crypto exchange FTX maxed out donations to alleged scammer George Santos (R-NY) during his successful 2022 campaign for Congress, FEC filings have revealed. 

Ryan Salame, FTX’s co-CEO, Claire Watanabe, a former FTX senior executive, and Ramnik Arora, the company’s ex-head of product, all donated the maximum possible amount to Santos’ campaign permitted under federal law during the summer of 2022. SFGATE first reported the news.

The donations to Santos don’t appear particularly irregular for Salame, a prolific political donor who shelled out millions to congressional candidates of both major political parties during the 2022 election cycle. But Watanabe and Arora were both far more targeted in their financial support of politicians.