Founder of Failed Crypto Lending Platform Celsius Network Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

Founder of Failed Crypto Lending Platform Celsius Network Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Alexander Mashinsky, founder and former chief executive of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, leaves Manhattan federal court with his legal team in New York on July 25, 2023. John Minchillo/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—The founder and former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network could face decades in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to federal fraud charges, admitting that he misled customers about the business.

Alexander Mashinsky, 58, of Manhattan, entered the plea in New York federal court to commodities and securities fraud.