{"id":118498,"date":"2025-05-09T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/09\/founder-of-failed-crypto-bank-celsius-is-sentenced-to-12-years-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:39:39","slug":"founder-of-failed-crypto-bank-celsius-is-sentenced-to-12-years-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/09\/founder-of-failed-crypto-bank-celsius-is-sentenced-to-12-years-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder of Failed Crypto &#8216;Bank&#8217; Celsius Is Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sentence comes after Alex Mashinsky <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/law\/legal-news\/~https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2024\/12\/04\/founder-of-failed-crypto-lender-confesses-to-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> in December to commodities and securities fraud in connection to Celsius Network LLC, a crypto asset platform that held $25 billion at its height.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/918033974\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/918033974\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/918033974\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a 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href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/918033974\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>The sentence comes after Alex Mashinsky <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/law\/legal-news\/~https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2024\/12\/04\/founder-of-failed-crypto-lender-confesses-to-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> in December to commodities and securities fraud in connection to Celsius Network LLC, a crypto asset platform that held $25 billion at its height.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/918033974\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a 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