亞歷山大·馬辛斯基 (Alexander Mashinsky) 承認在攝氏網絡崩潰中犯有商品和證券欺詐罪

58 歲的曼哈頓人亞歷山大·馬辛斯基 (Alexander Mashinsky) 在紐約聯邦法院對商品和證券欺詐提出抗辯。

Alexander Mashinsky, 58, pleaded guilty on Friday to commodities and securities fraud for illegally manipulating the price of Celsius’s crypto token while secretly selling his own tokens at inflated prices.

58 歲的亞歷山大·馬辛斯基 (Alexander Mashinsky) 週五承認犯有商品和證券欺詐罪，罪名是非法操縱攝氏度加密代幣的價格，同時秘密以高價出售自己的代幣。

According to the indictment, from at least 2018 to 2022, Mashinsky, the former chief executive of Celsius Network, promoted Celsius through media interviews, his social media accounts and Celsius’ website, along with a weekly “Ask Mashinsky Anything” session broadcast that was posted to Celsius’ website and a YouTube channel.

根據起訴書，至少從 2018 年到 2022 年，Celsius Network 前首席執行官 Mashinsky 透過媒體採訪、他的社交媒體帳戶、Celsius 網站以及每周播出的「Ask Mashinsky Anything」會議來宣傳攝氏度。的網站和YouTube 頻道。

During these sessions, and in other statements, Mashinsky made false and misleading statements about Celsius's crypto asset lending and borrowing business, the regulatory oversight of Celsius, and the use of customer crypto assets.

在這些會議期間以及在其他聲明中，Mashinsky 對攝氏度的加密資產借貸業務、攝氏度的監管以及客戶加密資產的使用做出了虛假和誤導性的陳述。

Celsius employees from multiple departments who noticed false and misleading statements in the sessions brought them to Mashinsky's attention, but he ignored their concerns, the indictment said.

起訴書稱，來自多個部門的攝氏員工在會議中註意到虛假和誤導性陳述，引起了馬辛斯基的注意，但他忽視了他們的擔憂。

The indictment further alleges that, in 2021, Mashinsky knew that customers would find false comfort if they believed there was regulatory consent for Celsius's activities.

起訴書進一步聲稱，到 2021 年，Mashinsky 知道，如果客戶相信攝氏度的活動得到了監管部門的同意，他們就會得到虛假的安慰。

He nevertheless publicly suggested that there was such consent, even though he knew that it was not true, in order to “lull customers into a false sense of security and to continue depositing their crypto assets with Celsius.”

儘管如此，他還是公開表示，儘管他知道這不是真的，但已經獲得了這樣的同意，以便“讓客戶產生一種錯誤的安全感，並繼續將他們的加密資產存入攝氏度。”

In 2019, Mashinsky was selling the crypto tokens even though he told the public that he was not, the indictment alleges. He said that he knew customers would draw false comfort from that too.

起訴書稱，2019 年，馬辛斯基正在出售加密代幣，儘管他告訴公眾他沒有出售。他說他知道顧客也會從中得到虛假的安慰。

Celsius's assets grew to about $25 billion at its peak, making it one of the largest crypto platforms in the world, according to prosecutors.

據檢察官稱，Celsius 的資產在巔峰時期增長至約 250 億美元，使其成為世界上最大的加密貨幣平台之一。

The company pitched itself to customers as a modern-day bank where they could safely deposit crypto assets and earn interest.

該公司向客戶推銷自己是一家現代銀行，客戶可以安全地存入加密資產並賺取利息。

But prosecutors said that Mashinsky and co-conspirators used customer deposits to fund market purchases of the Celsius token to prop up its value.

但檢察官表示，馬辛斯基和共謀利用客戶存款為攝氏代幣的市場購買提供資金，以支撐其價值。

An indictment filed in January by Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said that customers were left “holding the bag” when Celsius collapsed into bankruptcy in 2022.

紐約南區美國檢察官達米安威廉斯 (Damian Williams) 在 1 月提交的一份起訴書中稱，當攝氏度於 2022 年破產時，顧客們只能「承擔責任」。

A plea agreement Mashinsky made with prosecutors calls for him to be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison and to forfeit over $48 million, which is the amount of money he allegedly made by selling his company’s token.

Mashinsky 與檢察官達成的認罪協議要求判處他最高 30 年監禁，並沒收超過 4800 萬美元，據稱這是他透過出售公司代幣賺到的錢。

Sentencing was scheduled for April 8.

量刑定於 4 月 8 日進行。