Crypto Legal Week: Former Celsius CEO to Represent Himself, Washington City Bans Crypto ATMs

前 Celsius 執行長 Alex Mashinsky 因涉嫌欺詐客戶並誤導數位資產平台安全性，與美國 CFTC 達成最終和解並被禁止參與商品交易活動。Celsius 在 2022 年加密貨幣風暴中倒閉，Mashinsky 先前已被判處 12 年監禁。

已破產加密貨幣平台 Celsius 的前執行長 Alex Mashinsky 向法院提交動議，要求撤銷其因欺詐和市場操縱而被判處的 12 年徒刑。他主張其前任律師辯護不力，且相關證據收集過程存在法律瑕疵。

Crypto lending platform Celsius halted customer withdrawals in June 2022 and filed for bankruptcy the following month, exposing its high-risk practices and a massive funding shortfall. On July 13, 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission sued founder Alex Mashinsky and other executives, accusing them of soliciting deposits with false assurances that customer assets were safe and could be withdrawn at any time. The action became a significant consumer-protection case involving a crypto platform.

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York approved the settlement on April 28, 2026. Mashinsky must pay the FTC $10 million and is permanently barred from promoting, marketing or offering products or services that allow customers to deposit, exchange, invest or withdraw assets. The court also entered a $4.72 billion judgment for the FTC, but suspended the remainder of the payment. If Mashinsky made material misrepresentations in his asset disclosures, the FTC may seek to recover the full amount.