Your timeframe on this is way off. He was not compensated at SPAC IPO price levels. The typical employee has been getting RSUs for years and years at valuations

Your timeframe on this is way off. He was not compensated at SPAC IPO price levels. The typical employee has been getting RSUs for years and years at valuations several times lower than their IPO level. No one took out a mortgage against stock that was valuable for less than two weeks. The only part that I think makes him a victim is the idea that management pulled a scheme against his will and he got nothing for it while still having to incur the stigma of being a part of it.