Voyager creditors oppose $1.9M employee retention proposal
The creditors wrote that the employees are "already well-compensated" while its creditors struggle to pay their expenses. Voyager Digital Holdings’ committee of unsecured creditors has filed a motion to object to the firm's proposal to keep its employees by paying them monetary awards for staying in the company. On August 2, Voyager Digital filed a motion to the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York to approve the Key Employee Retention Plan (KERP) that aims to distribute $1.9 million to 38 key employees who were deemed to be very crucial to the operations of....
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Voyager Digital will pay $1.9 million in retention bonuses to key staff members to ensure the beleaguered cryptocurrency lender can continue operating through bankruptcy proceedings. A New York bankruptcy court has given embattled cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital the green light to pay retention bonuses to key staff members.The firm filed a motion with the United States Bankruptcy Court on Aug. 2 seeking approval for its Key Employee Retention Plan (KERP) which entailed $1.9 million worth of payments to 38 key employees that have been identified as crucial to the exchange’s ongoing....
In response to FTX’s proposal to provide early liquidity to Voyager customers, the attorneys for insolvent cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital called the proposal a “low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that only benefited FTX. Voyager Lawyers Call FTX’s Offer A ” Low Ball Bid” In court documents filed late on Sunday, attorneys […]
The now defunct and bankrupt Voyager Digital has been approved by the court to distribute $270 million in funds to creditors and affected customers. The news follows the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board ordering Voyager to remove any statements that allege Voyager is FDIC insured. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York and Judge Michael Wiles have allowed Voyager’s custodian, Metropolitan Commercial bank, to release the $270 million.
New York Bankruptcy Court Approves Release of $270 Million From Voyager’s Custodian
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The plan is tentative at this stage and won't be finalized until it receives approval from Voyager's creditors and the bankruptcy payout plan is approved by the judge. Customers of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital may be able to recover 72% of the value of their accounts under a tentative deal with FTX US, according to court documents. However, United States bankruptcy judge Michael Wiles during a court hearing said the tentative sale would not be final until it receives the approval of Voyager’s creditors and he approves the bankruptcy payout plan, saying during the court....
The Trustee has objected to the retention bonus, citing a lack of sufficient information within the motion to warrant such a high payout and a lack of clarity around whether any recipients should be considered insiders. The U.S. Trustee overseeing the Celsius chapter 11 bankruptcy case, William Harrington, has objected to a Celsius motion that would see 62 of its 275 employees paid a retention bonus totaling $2.96 million.The Trustee has blasted Celsius in its supporting statement for the objection filed on Oct. 27, noting:“It defies logic, not to mention the Bankruptcy Code, that a....