The previous chief govt of bankrupt crypto lending firm Celsius has requested a US court docket to dismiss the Federal Commerce Fee’s (FTC) expenses towards him.
Alex Mashinsky and Celsius’ former chief income officer Roni Cohen-Pavon have been arrested in July.
The previous executives have been slapped with a wide range of felony and civil expenses from the FTC, the Division of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC).
The FTC particularly accused the previous CEO of “tricking shoppers into transferring cryptocurrency onto the platform by falsely promising that deposits could be protected and all the time out there.”
Mashinsky and Cohen-Pavon are additionally accused of manipulating the worth of Celsius’ native token, CEL, which in flip brought on merchants to buy it at an inflated value, a transfer that financially benefited the defendants.
Celsius, which promised excessive yields to prospects for depositing their cash, froze buyer withdrawals in June of 2022, citing excessive market situations. It filed for chapter the next month.
Argue Mashinsky’s attorneys in a current memorandum supporting his movement to dismiss the FTC expenses,
“The allegations don’t help a declare that Mashinsky made knowingly made a misstatement to fraudulently acquire buyer info from a monetary establishment, as required to state a declare below the [the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act].”
A lately unsealed court docket order signifies a number of financial institution accounts and a Texas residence belonging to Mashinksy have been seized by the DOJ.
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