Le juge fixe la date du procès de l'ancien PDG de Celsius
- Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky will face trial for allegedly defrauding the company’s investors.
- Mashinsky a obtenu une caution de $40 millions mais est confronté à des restrictions de voyage et financières.
- Le procès de l'ancien PDG de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, a débuté mardi par la sélection du jury devant un tribunal de Manhattan.
Alors que le procès pénal du fondateur de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, commence, un tribunal de New York a annoncé la date d'une autre affaire très médiatisée impliquant un responsable de la cryptographie. Le juge John Koeltl a annoncé mardi lors d'une audience devant le tribunal de district des États-Unis pour le district sud de New York que le procès pénal de l'ancien PDG de Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, débutera le 17 septembre 2024.
La annonce a noté que trois conférences préalables au procès auront lieu en mars, juillet et septembre. Mashinsky ne sera pas contraint par une caution de 140 millions de livres sterling pendant la procédure judiciaire. Ceci malgré des restrictions très importantes sur sa capacité à voyager et certaines transactions financières.
Mashinsky was arrested in July for allegedly defrauding investors of billions of dollars, and Tuesday’s news marked one of the new developments in his case. In their Tuesday testimony before the judge, Mashinsky’s defense attorneys noted that one of their arguments would be that cryptocurrencies are not securities, a point of legal debate in the United States.
Mashinsky’s defense could find it difficult to defend their client if Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former chief revenue officer of Celsius, testifies against him as reported. Cohen-Pavon entered a plea in September for four criminal offenses. He remains free on bail until his hearing in December.
Celsius Network était l’une des nombreuses sociétés de cryptographie à avoir déclaré faillite en 2022. Mashinsky résigné as the company’s CEO in September 2022, months after Celsius filed for bankruptcy. However, several US regulators, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, all announced cases against Mashinsky.
Elsewhere, the trial for former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried resumed on Tuesday, October 3. Jury selection for the case got underway in a federal court in Manhattan. Bankman-Fried’s trial will no doubt attract massive media coverage owing to his status within and outside the crypto world.
The 31-year-old mingled with some of the higher powers in Washington at the height of his fame and secured the services of Hollywood’s biggest name to represent his company, FTX. However, FTX suffered a dramatic collapse in late 2022. The company, which was once valued at $32 billion, filed for bankruptcy on November 11, 2022. Bankman-Fried was later charged with multiple counts of fraud in relation to the collapse.
Lewis Kaplan, a veteran federal judge, will preside over the proceedings, and the trial is anticipated to last roughly six weeks. Interestingly, several former FTX executives are all expected to testify against Bankman-Fried at the trial, including Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend, Caroline Ellison.
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