破產的加密貨幣貸款公司Celsius的創始人亞歷克斯·馬辛斯基（Alex Mashinsky）承認欺詐罪

加密貨幣借貸公司攝氏網路 (Celsius Network) 的創始人兼前執行長 Alex Mashinsky 在美國承認兩項詐欺罪。

Celsius Network founder Alex Mashinsky pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of fraud in connection with the 2022 collapse of his cryptocurrency lending company, admitting that he lied to customers and manipulated the price of Celsius’s proprietary crypto token.

週二，Celsius Network 創始人 Alex Mashinsky 承認了兩項與 2022 年其加密貨幣借貸公司倒閉有關的欺詐罪名，承認自己向客戶撒謊並操縱了攝氏度專有加密代幣的價格。

Mashinsky, 59, faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count each of commodities fraud and a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the price of CEL, Celsius’s in-house token, during a hearing before US District Judge John Koeltl.

59 歲的 Mashinsky 在美國地區法官 John Koeltl 的聽證會上承認了商品欺詐和操縱 CEL（Celsius 內部代幣）價格的欺詐計劃各一項罪名，面臨最高 30 年監禁。

As part of his plea deal with prosecutors, Mashinsky agreed not to appeal any sentence of 30 years or less. He also agreed to forfeit $42m, which prosecutors said he personally reaped from selling his holdings of the CEL token.

作為與檢察官達成的認罪協議的一部分，馬辛斯基同意不對任何 30 年或以下的刑期提出上訴。他還同意沒收 4,200 萬美元，檢察官稱這筆錢是他個人透過出售持有的 CEL 代幣獲得的。

Prosecutors in Manhattan indicted Mashinsky on seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and market manipulation charges on July 13, 2023, accusing him of misleading Celsius customers to persuade them to invest, and artificially inflating the value of his company’s proprietary crypto token. He pleaded not guilty later that day.

曼哈頓檢察官於 2023 年 7 月 13 日對 Mashinsky 提出七項欺詐、共謀和市場操縱指控，指控他誤導攝氏度客戶以說服他們投資，並人為抬高其公司專有加密代幣的價值。當天晚些時候，他不認罪。

Celsius filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, which allows a business to continue operating while it works on a plan to repay its creditors, in July 2022 after customers rushed to withdraw deposits as crypto prices fell. Many were initially unable to access their funds. The company exited bankruptcy on January 31, and has pivoted to Bitcoin mining.

2022 年7 月，由於加密貨幣價格下跌，客戶紛紛提取存款，Celsius 於2022 年7 月在美國根據《破產法》第11 章申請了破產保護，該保護允許企業在製定償還債權人的計劃的同時繼續營運.許多人最初無法獲得資金。該公司於 1 月 31 日擺脫破產，並轉向比特幣挖礦。

In court on Tuesday, Mashinsky admitted to giving Celsius customers “false comfort” by giving an interview in 2021 in which he said Celsius had received approval from regulators for its “Earn” programme, which it had not.

週二，馬辛斯基在法庭上承認，他在2021 年接受采訪時向攝氏度的客戶提供了“虛假的安慰”，他在採訪中表示，攝氏度的“Earn”計劃已獲得監管機構的批准，但實際上並未獲得監管機構的批准。

The Earn programme allowed users to deposit cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether and receive weekly interest payments, offering as much as 18 percent annually.

Earn 計劃允許用戶存入比特幣、以太幣和 Tether 等加密貨幣，並每週收到利息，每年利息高達 18%。

Mashinsky said he also failed to disclose that he had been selling his holdings of CEL.

馬辛斯基表示，他也沒有透露自己一直在出售所持光大控股的股份。

“I know what I did was wrong, and I want to try to do whatever I can to make it right,” Mashinsky said.

馬辛斯基說：“我知道我做錯了，我想盡我所能糾正錯誤。”

Cohen-Pavon pleaded guilty in September 2023 and agreed to cooperate with the prosecutors’ investigation.

科恩-帕文於 2023 年 9 月認罪，並同意配合檢察官調查。

Prosecutors have said that Mashinsky personally reaped approximately $42m in proceeds from selling his holdings of the CEL token.

檢察官表示，馬辛斯基個人透過出售其持有的 CEL 代幣獲得了約 4,200 萬美元的收益。

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, was convicted of stealing roughly $8bn from the exchange’s customers in November 2023 and sentenced in March to 25 years in prison.

FTX 創辦人 Sam Bankman-Fried 因 2023 年 11 月從該交易所客戶竊取約 80 億美元而被定罪，並於 3 月被判處 25 年監禁。