[robdimarco]

The complaint is amazing!

I love how they found out!

> On February 18, 2025, an investigative reporter at The Information contacted Rippling about a forthcoming article concerning Deel’s Russia-related sanctions activity, noting he had “been working on a story on Deel for the past few weeks” that “started as an exercise to look into the veracity of that lawsuit I previously reported on.” This reporter was referring to his January 9, 2025, article entitled “Deel Accused of Money Laundering, Sanctions Failures in Lawsuit,” which reported on Damian v. Deel Inc., No. 25-cv-20017 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 3, 2025). 84. > > > The reporter’s email listed eleven assertions regarding supposed issues at Rippling relating to payments into Russia and other sanctioned jurisdictions. Each individual assertion was followed by internal Rippling Slack messages—thirteen messages in total