Celsius创始人亚历山大·马辛斯基承认犯有商品和证券欺诈罪，承认在Celsius破产前非法操纵该公司专有加密货币代币的价格，并秘密出售自己的代币以获利约4800万美元。他承认在2021年公开暗示公司行动获得了监管部门的同意，因为他知道客户会对此感到错误的安全感。他还承认在2019年出售加密货币代币，而当时他却告诉公众他没有出售。他表示，他知道客户也会因此产生错误的安全感。马辛斯基的犯罪行为从2018年持续到2022年，期间Celsius向客户宣传自己是一个现代银行，客户可以在那里安全地存入加密资产并赚取利息。美国检察官称，马辛斯基策划了加密货币行业中最大的欺诈案之一，Celsius的资产在鼎盛时期达到约250亿美元，使其成为全球最大的加密货币平台之一。

🤔马辛斯基承认在2021年公开暗示Celsius的行动获得了监管部门的同意，实际上是为了让客户产生错误的安全感，从而继续投资Celsius。

🤫马辛斯基承认在2019年秘密出售Celsius的加密货币代币，同时却向公众声称自己没有出售，同样是为了误导客户。

💰马辛斯基利用客户存款来购买Celsius代币，以支撑其价值，并在代币价格被人工抬高后出售，最终导致Celsius破产，客户损失惨重。

📢马辛斯基通过媒体采访、社交媒体和Celsius网站等渠道宣传Celsius，并举办每周的“向马辛斯基提问”直播，但员工发现这些宣传存在虚假和误导性信息，却遭到忽略。

📅马辛斯基与检方达成认罪协议，面临最高30年监禁，并需没收4800万美元的非法所得，宣判日期定于4月8日。

Alexander Mashinsky, 58, of Manhattan, entered the plea in New York federal court to commodities and securities fraud.He admitted illegally manipulating the price of Celsius’s proprietary crypto token while secretly selling his own tokens at inflated prices to pocket about $48 million before Celsius collapsed into bankruptcy in 2022.In court, he admitted that in 2021 he publicly suggested there was regulatory consent for the company’s moves because he knew that customers “would find false comfort” with that.And he said that in 2019, he was selling the crypto tokens even though he told the public that he was not. He said he knew customers would draw false comfort from that too.“I accept full responsibility for my actions,” Mashinsky said of crimes that stretched from 2018 to 2022 as the company pitched itself to customers as a modern-day bank where they could safely deposit crypto assets and earn interest.U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a release that Mashinsky “orchestrated one of the biggest frauds in the crypto industry” as his company’s assets purportedly grew to about $25 billion at its peak, making it one of the largest crypto platforms in the world.He said Mashinsky used catchy slogans like “Unbank Yourself” to entice prospective customers with a pledge that their money would be as safe in crypto accounts as money would be in a bank. Meanwhile, prosecutors said, Mashinsky and co-conspirators used customer deposits to fund market purchases of the Celsius token to prop up its value.Machinsky made tens of millions of dollars selling his own CEL tokens at artificially high prices, leaving his customers “holding the bag when the company went bankrupt,” Williams said.An indictment alleged that Mashinsky promoted Celsius through media interviews, his social media accounts and Celsius’ website, along with a weekly “Ask Mashinsky Anything” session broadcast that was posted to Celsius’ website and a YouTube channel.Celsius employees from multiple departments who noticed false and misleading statements in the sessions warned Mashinsky, but they were ignored, the indictment said.A plea agreement Mashinsky made with prosecutors calls for him to be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison and to forfeit over $48 million, which is the amount of money he allegedly made by selling his company’s token.Sentencing was scheduled for April 8.Learn more about all things crypto with short, easy-to-read lesson cards. Click here for Fortune's Crypto Crash Course.