CEO and founding father of Celsius Community Alex Mashinsky has been sentenced to 12 years in jail by a US District Courtroom. Celsius Community held about $25 billion in belongings at its peak, however was one of many many cryptocurrency operations to fail throughout 2022. Prosecutors have been searching for twenty years for Mashinsky, claiming he defrauded and misled prospects in regards to the standing of his firm's CEL token.
"His crimes weren’t the product of negligence, naivete, or dangerous luck," the attorneys stated. "They have been the results of deliberate, calculated choices to lie, deceive, and steal in pursuit of non-public fortune."
After an preliminary not-guilty plea to seven felony counts, the previous cryptocurrency chief pled responsible to 2 of the fraud expenses in December. As a part of his plea deal, Mashinsky agreed to not enchantment any sentence of 30 years or much less.
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