
KEY POINTS
- Former FTX executive Ryan Salame allegedly arranged for Bond to receive a "sham payment" of $400K
- Bond allegedly falsely claimed that the funds were payment for her consulting services
- She allegedly tried to cover up her tracks by lying to the FEC and a congressional committee
Crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond, who ran for Congress in 2022, has been charged with illegally financing her congressional campaign with money from defunct crypto exchange FTX via Ryan Salame, a former executive at FTX, under a "sham consulting agreement," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.