Celsius Network的创始人兼前首席执行官Alex Mashinsky已被判处12年徒刑

该判决由美国地方法院法官约翰·科尔特尔（John Koeltl）在曼哈顿宣布。 2023年12月，Mashinsky对几起罪行认罪

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of Celsius Network, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a major cryptocurrency fraud case. The sentence was announced on Monday by U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan and comes after Mashinsky pleaded guilty in December to several crimes, including fraud and market manipulation.

Celsius Network的创始人兼前首席执行官Alex Mashinsky因在重大加密货币欺诈案中的角色而被判处12年徒刑。该判决是由美国地方法院法官约翰·科尔特尔（John Koeltl）在曼哈顿宣布的，在12月，马辛斯基（Mashinsky）认罪之后，包括欺诈和市场操纵。

Federal prosecutors had urged a 20-year prison term, referring to Mashinsky as the man who made no apology and cheated investors, according to Bloomberg. Mashinsky, on the other hand, pleaded with the court for a reduced sentence of just over one year, saying that he wanted to help his family and former customers. Ultimately, the judge sentenced him to 12 years with 3 years of supervised release. Mashinsky was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and forfeit nearly $48.4 million in profits he had collected from the fraud.

据彭博社称，联邦检察官敦促一个20年的监禁任期，指的是马什斯基是没有道歉并欺骗投资者的人。另一方面，Mashinsky恳求法院降低了一年多的刑期，称他想帮助家人和以前的客户。最终，法官以3年的监督释放将他判处12年。 Mashinsky还被勒令支付50,000美元的罚款，并从欺诈中收取的利润将近4,840万美元。

Celsius Network, which was founded in 2017 and was previously based in New Jersey, promised high interest rates to those who deposited their cryptocurrency in the platform. Some customers were told by the company that they could earn up to 17% interest on their digital assets. The company profited by advancing these assets to institutional investors and was seeking to become a large-scale, diverse financial services firm.

Celsius Network成立于2017年，此前曾在新泽西州成立，他承诺向将其加密货币存入该平台的人提供高利率。该公司告诉一些客户，他们的数字资产最多可以赚取17％的利息。该公司通过将这些资产推广到机构投资者而获利，并试图成为一家大型，多样化的金融服务公司。

However, the company began to collapse in 2022 when it ran into difficulties. As the prices of cryptocurrency fell, some customers panicked and went to withdraw their money. Celsius did not have enough funds to fulfill the withdrawal requests and eventually filed for bankruptcy in July 2022. At that time, the company was operating with a $1.19 billion deficit, and $4.7 billion in customer assets were locked up on the platform.

但是，该公司在2022年遇到困难时开始崩溃。随着加密货币的价格下跌，一些客户惊慌失措并撤回了他们的钱。 Celsius没有足够的资金来履行提款请求，并最终于2022年7月申请破产。当时，该公司的赤字为11.9亿美元，而47亿美元的客户资产已锁定在该平台上。

The legal case revealed that this was not a new occurrence and that other executives had been included in the plan for a long time to mislead the public. They used company funds, including customer deposits, to purchase Celsius's own digital token, known as CEL, in an attempt to artificially increase the price. This deception was meant to lure customers into thinking that the token was performing well in the market. In reality, CEL's value was being faked through these secret buy-ins.

法律案件表明，这不是新事件，而其他高管已被包括在计划中，以误导公众。他们使用包括客户存款在内的公司资金购买摄氏摄氏的数字代币（称为CEL），以人为地提高价格。这种欺骗是为了吸引客户认为代币在市场上表现良好。实际上，CEL的价值是通过这些秘密买入而伪造的。

One of Celsius's senior executives, Roni Cohen-Pavon, who also pleaded guilty, told Mashinsky privately that the value of the token was a fabrication and that they were able to maintain it by pouring millions of dollars into it. However, Mashinsky continued to make false public statements that the company was financially strong and that he was not selling his tokens. In truth, he was selling large quantities of the tokens and had personally profited significantly. He is said to have secretly sold about $48 million worth of CEL tokens to his own company on several occasions.

Celsius的一位高级管理人员Roni Cohen-Pavon也认罪，他私下告诉Mashinsky，代币的价值是一种捏造，他们能够通过向其中倾倒数百万美元来维持它。但是，Mashinsky继续发表虚假的公开声明，说该公司在财务上很强大，并且他没有出售代币。实际上，他正在出售大量令牌，并亲自获得了可观的利润。据说他多次向自己的公司秘密地向自己的公司出售了约4,800万美元的CEL令牌。

Before Celsius froze customer withdrawals in June 2022, Mashinsky had quietly withdrawn $8 million from his own account. When the company finally ceased its operations, a large number of customers were left without access to their funds.

在2022年6月，Celsius冻结客户提款之前，Mashinsky悄悄地从自己的帐户中撤回了800万美元。当公司最终停止运营时，剩下大量客户没有获得资金。

Mashinsky is also being sued in civil court by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the New York Attorney General. This case has now become one of the most serious crypto fraud cases in recent years, and it may set new precedents for the digital finance industry and the protection of investors.

Mashinsky还被美国证券交易委员会，商品期货贸易委员会，联邦贸易委员会和纽约总检察长提起诉讼。该案现在已成为近年来最严重的加密欺诈案件之一，它可能为数字金融业和对投资者的保护树立了新的先例。