The victims of the failed Cripto Lender Celsius pushes for a lifetime penalty for its director

Hundreds of investors asked the federal judge to impose a life sentence at Celsius Executive Director Aleks Mashinski for his role in Cripto Lender’s 2022.

Celsius Network Investors invite a life sentence for a co-founder and former executive director of Aleksa Mashinski, who admitted guilt for charges after Cripto Lender crashed 2022. years.

In the court submitted this week, prosecutors submitted more than 200 statements about the impact of victims in front of Mashinski’s imposition, Bloomberg has learnedadding that this called the Court the most to impose the most draft sentence permitted by law.

“The very essence of cryptocurrency, together with my ambitions and dreams, was collapsed. I was thrilled with the mountain of debt and embarrassment. The prospects that I predicted are now unattainable, all due to the Mashinski and his abuse of the submission of bankruptcy.”

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However, some victims requested a slight sentence. For example, a retired teacher Stephen Levenberg, who lost almost $ 400,000 after putting a pension in Celsius, said he would accept a three-year penalty if Mashinski returned stolen funds.

Lawyers Mashinski are looking for a punishment no more than one year. Probation officials recommended 15 years, while prosecutors have not yet made a final recommendation.

Celsius frozen the client’s assets withdrawal in June 2022. Years. A month later, the company He went bankrupt. Cripto Lender said only $ 167 million in their accounts to take away their hands and frozen all the customer’s pulling to give time to seek more funds.

Toward reportsMashin and his wife withdrew the exceeded $ 12 million in Celsius Network before the bankruptcy begins. Celsius was launched in 2018. years, grew into 200 employees and managed about 10 billion dollars in the CRIPTO means until 2021. years.