Executive severance payment
Company: Core Scientific
What the later record shows
Outcome not yet confirmed
No passage mentions Michael Trzupek or a $75,000 severance payment, so whether it was paid cannot be determined.
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Michael Trzupek will receive cash severance of $75,000 representing three months of base salary.
Source (primary)
Core Scientific 8-K filed 2022-04-20 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “the Company will provide cash severance benefits to Mr. Trzupek of $75,000, representing three months of base salary, to be paid in a single lump sum less any required taxes and other withholding amounts.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states the Company will provide Trzupek cash severance of $75,000, representing three months of base salary.
Confirmed in the source:
- Under his separation agreement, Michael Trzupek will receive cash severance of $75,000
- The $75,000 severance represents three months of base salary
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839341/000119312522111309/d330098d8k.htm) in full (6,089 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Core Scientific 8-K filed 2022-04-20
Quote: “the Company will provide cash severance benefits to Mr. Trzupek of $75,000, representing three months of base salary, to be paid in a single lump sum less any required taxes and other withholding amounts.”