Celius（CEL）的創始人兼前首席執行官Alex Mashinsky被判入獄12年

撥款貸款協議攝氏（CEL）的創始人兼前首席執行官亞歷克斯·馬辛斯基（Alex Mashinsky）於5月8日星期四被判處12年監禁。

A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of defunct lending protocol Celsius (CEL), to 12 years in prison for defrauding investors.

一名美國法官週四判刑，判處Depunct Lunging Protogent Celsius（CEL）的創始人兼前首席執行官Alex Mashinsky因欺騙投資者而被判入獄12年。

According to the Manhattan federal court, Judge John G. Koeltl said that Mashinsky had engaged in a sweeping scheme to deceive investors in a lending scheme that began unraveling in 2022 with the collapse of Sam Bankman Fried’s FTX.

根據曼哈頓聯邦法院的說法，約翰·科爾特爾法官說，馬辛斯基已經參與了一項艱鉅的計劃，以欺騙投資者的貸款計劃，該計劃於2022年開始瓦解，隨著山姆·班克曼·弗里德（Sam Bankman）弗里德（Sam Bankman）的FTX崩潰。

The 12-year prison term was less than the 20 years sought by federal prosecutors, who argued that Mashinsky should serve a longer sentence due to the "unmitigated greed" that drove him to defraud investors.

這項為期12年的監禁期限少於聯邦檢察官尋求的20年，他們認為Mashinsky應該因“不受信任的貪婪”驅使他欺騙投資者而服刑更長。

"The sentence imposed on Mr. Mashinsky reflects the serious nature of his crimes and serves as a deterrent to others who may consider engaging in similar unlawful conduct," said Elie Lancellotti, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

美國南部地區檢察官辦公室發言人埃莉·蘭克洛蒂（Elie Lancellotti）表示：“對馬辛斯基先生的判決反映了他的罪行的嚴重性質，並阻止了其他可能考慮從事類似非法行為的人的威懾。”

Earlier this year, Mashinsky pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, including commodities fraud and securities fraud. As part of the plea deal, Mashinsky agreed to forfeit $48 million and will not appeal any sentence of up to 30 years.

今年早些時候，Mashinsky認罪了兩項欺詐罪，包括商品欺詐和證券欺詐。作為認罪協議的一部分，Mashinsky同意沒收4,800萬美元，不會對30年的任何判決提出上訴。

However, the funds were a small portion of the over $1 billion financial hole that Celsius had. Earlier this year, Celsius creditors approved a restructuring plan that would convert the firm into a Bitcoin (BTC) mining company called Ionic Digital LLC, to be owned by creditors.

但是，這些資金是攝氏10億美元的金融漏洞中的一小部分。今年早些時候，Celsius債權人批准了一項重組計劃，該計劃將將公司轉換為一個名為Ionic Digital LLC的比特幣（BTC）礦業公司，該公司將由債權人擁有。

The judge also ordered Mashinsky to pay $140 million in restitution to victims of his crimes.

法官還命令Mashinsky向受害者的受害者支付1.4億美元的賠償。

"After engaging in a brazen fraud, Mr. Mashinsky is being held accountable for his actions," said Gary Schaero, special agent in charge of the FBI's New York office. "As we continue to see, crypto is not above the law."

聯邦調查局紐約辦事處的特工加里·舍羅（Gary Schaero）說：“在涉足大膽的欺詐行為之後，馬辛斯基先生對自己的行為負責。” “正如我們繼續看到的那樣，加密貨幣並不高於法律。”

Since the cryptocurrency industry experienced the 2022 bear market, which was partly driven by the Terra Luna and FTX collapse, lawmakers in different jurisdictions have put in place measures to protect web3 investors. In the U.S., Sam Bankman Fried has been a key lesson to web3 developers seeking to flout the set crypto regulatory rules.

由於加密貨幣行業經歷了2022年的熊市，部分是由Terra Luna和FTX崩潰驅動的，因此不同司法管轄區的立法者已經採取了保護Web3投資者的措施。在美國，Sam Bankman Fried是尋求違反SET加密監管規則的Web3開發人員的關鍵課程。

The crypto market is well positioned to grow exponentially in the coming years, driven by clear regulatory frameworks. In addition, institutional investors have compelled global lawmakers to pay attention to digital assets as an alternative form of battle-tested investments.

加密貨幣市場在未來幾年內，在明確的監管框架的驅動下，可以成倍增長。此外，機構投資者迫使全球立法者註意數字資產，這是經過戰鬥測試投資的另一種形式。