PANews reported on May 24 that, according to The Block, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX paid over $25 million to six unnamed whistleblowers who discovered issues within the company. One of the whistleblowers is reportedly an executive at FTX.US. In January of this year, after an appeals court ruled that FTX must be investigated by an independent examiner, bankruptcy judge John Dorsey appointed Robert Cleary, who had previously prosecuted the "Unabomber" case, as the examiner.

One unnamed whistleblower stated that FTX Group "misled regulators and investors and lacked adequate corporate structure," and expressed concerns to the company's former CEO SBF, former engineer Nishad Singh, and Dan Friedberg. It is alleged that Friedberg then suggested the whistleblower should not write a letter and implied that FTX Group might not meet investor expectations, even suggesting they apologize to SBF.

The whistleblower resigned in September 2022 and accepted a settlement of over $16 million. Additionally, another whistleblower who accused FTX of market manipulation and insider trading worked at FTX.US for less than two months and ultimately accepted a settlement of $1.8 million. Another whistleblower accused FTX of market manipulation and "concealing relationships," receiving a settlement of $200,000. Another whistleblower also received a $200,000 settlement for accusations of market manipulation and "concealing relationships." Examiner Cleary noted that FTX Group did not provide a current or complete employee list at the time of the bankruptcy filing.