NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former FTX cryptocurrency exchange executive Ryan Salame is under investigation by federal prosecutors for possible violations of campaign finance law, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors are looking at money Salame gave his girlfriend, Michelle Bond, who ran unsuccessfully last year for the Republican nomination for a congressional seat in New York, as well as loans Bond made to her campaign, the Journal reported. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan declined to comment. Neither Salame nor Bond has been accused of wrongdoing. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Source: Wall Street Journal July 11, 2023 14:55 UTC