X says ex-manager took $12,000 in crypto and bribed employee to

m. on New Year's Day 2025, Erick McAfee was nearing the end of his last day at X. He had given notice a month earlier.

Before he left, according to a lawsuit filed by the company, the senior manager emailed himself a list of contact information for members of his team. On its own, the act might have passed for the ordinary housekeeping of a departing executive. X says the list included subordinates who had helped McAfee with a contested transfer of the username @agent and with othe...