Celsius Network · Project dossier

What the evidence supports

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[1]Adjudicated finding
DOJ reported Alex Mashinsky's 12-year sentence in May 2025 for fraud and market manipulation.
Supporting excerpt: Founder Of Celsius Sentenced To 12 Years For Fraud And Market Manipulation
12 years
Founder Of Celsius Sentenced To 12 Years For Fraud And Market Manipulation ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026
[2]Source reported
The FTC's July 2026 release describes $16.5 million in payments and restrictions in resolutions with Celsius co-founders; its text distinguishes signed and proposed orders.
Supporting excerpt: Founders of Celsius Network Ordered to Pay $16.5 Million to Resolve FTC Charges
will pay a total of $16.5 million
Founders of Celsius Network Ordered to Pay $16.5 Million to Resolve FTC Charges ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026
[3]Source reported
FTC consumer guidance warns about promised or guaranteed cryptocurrency profits.
Supporting excerpt: What To Know About Cryptocurrency and Scams | Consumer Advice
Nobody can make those guarantees.
What To Know About Cryptocurrency and Scams | Consumer Advice ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026
[4]Source reported
The FTC's case timeline for 20 July 2026 labels the stipulated order against Hanoch Goldstein as entered by the court. That docket-linked entry resolves the ambiguity in the press release, whose body still calls his order proposed. The $16.5 million combined amount concerns the three co-founders' resolutions; it is not a reported total of customer distributions.
Supporting excerpt: FTC case timeline: entered Goldstein order
[Entered by the Court]
FTC case timeline: entered Goldstein order ↗
Source language: EN · Captured Oct 22, 2026