COO cash severance
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Outcome not yet confirmed
No passage mentions the COO severance payment or its installments.
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
Cash severance payment of $406,250 representing 15 months base salary, payable in semi-monthly installments starting July 7, 2022
Source (primary)
Riot 8-K filed 2022-03-23 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “a cash severance payment of $406,250.00, less amounts withheld for applicable taxes, representing 15 months' base salary, payable in semi-monthly installments commencing July 7, 2022”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing lists a $406,250 cash severance equal to 15 months' base salary, paid semi-monthly starting July 7, 2022.
Confirmed in the source:
- Cash severance payment of $406,250
- The severance represents 15 months' base salary
- Payable in semi-monthly installments
- Installments commence July 7, 2022
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000332/riot_8k.htm) in full (6,525 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 8-K filed 2022-03-23
Quote: “a cash severance payment of $406,250.00, less amounts withheld for applicable taxes, representing 15 months' base salary, payable in semi-monthly installments commencing July 7, 2022”