亚历山大·马辛斯基 (Alexander Mashinsky) 承认在摄氏度网络崩溃中犯有商品和证券欺诈罪

58 岁的曼哈顿人亚历山大·马辛斯基 (Alexander Mashinsky) 在纽约联邦法院对商品和证券欺诈提出抗辩。

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 岁的亚历山大·马辛斯基 (Alexander Mashinsky) 周五承认犯有商品和证券欺诈罪，罪名是非法操纵摄氏度加密代币的价格，同时秘密以高价出售自己的代币。

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.

根据起诉书，至少从 2018 年到 2022 年，Celsius Network 前首席执行官 Mashinsky 通过媒体采访、他的社交媒体账户、Celsius 网站以及每周播出的“Ask Mashinsky Anything”会议来宣传摄氏度。发布到摄氏度的网站和 YouTube 频道。

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.

在这些会议期间以及在其他声明中，Mashinsky 对摄氏度的加密资产借贷业务、摄氏度的监管以及客户加密资产的使用做出了虚假和误导性的陈述。

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.

起诉书称，来自多个部门的摄氏员工在会议中注意到虚假和误导性陈述，引起了马辛斯基的注意，但他忽视了他们的担忧。

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.

起诉书进一步声称，到 2021 年，Mashinsky 知道，如果客户相信摄氏度的活动得到了监管部门的同意，他们就会得到虚假的安慰。

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.”

尽管如此，他还是公开表示，尽管他知道这不是真的，但已经获得了这样的同意，以便“让客户产生一种错误的安全感，并继续将他们的加密资产存入摄氏度。”

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.

起诉书称，2019 年，马辛斯基正在出售加密代币，尽管他告诉公众他没有出售。他说他知道顾客也会从中得到虚假的安慰。

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.

据检察官称，Celsius 的资产在巅峰时期增长至约 250 亿美元，使其成为世界上最大的加密货币平台之一。

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

该公司向客户推销自己是一家现代银行，客户可以安全地存入加密资产并赚取利息。

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

但检察官表示，马辛斯基和同谋利用客户存款为摄氏度代币的市场购买提供资金，以支撑其价值。

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.

纽约南区美国检察官达米安·威廉姆斯 (Damian Williams) 在 1 月份提交的一份起诉书中称，当摄氏度于 2022 年破产时，顾客们只能“承担责任”。

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 与检察官达成的认罪协议要求判处他最高 30 年监禁，并没收超过 4800 万美元，据称这是他通过出售公司代币赚到的钱。

Sentencing was scheduled for April 8.

量刑定于 4 月 8 日进行。