[leppr]

This whole episode should hopefully bring donation recipients to do more due diligence on where the money comes from, before spending it.

The US president, those researchers, and many, many startups are holding what is pretty directly the money of FTX's unsuspecting users.

The recovery will be a long and painful process.

[bibanez]

I don't really understand the logic here. If you've received a donation, you can't be forced to return any money, specially if you didn't know it had dubious origins

[leppr]

If the money is stolen (as is the case in the articles' story), then yes, you can be legally compelled to return the money to its original owner.