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<p class="is-style-lead">Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky’s trial date has been set for Sept. 17, 2024 in a pre-trial hearing on Oct. 3.</p> 
<p>The news comes after a former colleague at Celsius Network, Roni Cohen-Pavon, <a href="https://crypto.news/former-celsius-executive-pleads-guilty-to-price-manipulation-charges/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pleaded guilty</a> to fraud charges and agreed to work with prosecutors in the upcoming trial.</p> 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="upcoming-charges-of-fraud">Upcoming charges of fraud</h2> 
<p>In July, Mashinsky <a href="https://crypto.news/former-celsius-ceo-arrested-in-new-york-sec-files-lawsuit/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">was charged</a> with securities fraud, wire fraud, commodities fraud, and the conspiracy to manipulate the value of the Celsius token, the crypto lender’s native token, to which he pleaded not guilty. The crypto lender had filed for&nbsp;bankruptcy last year when the firm collapsed with over a billion dollars in debt.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">CRYPTIC CRYPTO: Celsius' Mashinsky Gets Trial Date of Sept 17, 2024 After Co-Defendant Cohen-Pavon Pled Guilty (with notably garbled allocution)- Inner City Press story: <a href="https://t.co/neOPzQ75pB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/neOPzQ75pB</a> More with photos &amp; quotes on <a href="https://twitter.com/SubstackInc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@SubstackInc</a> here <a href="https://t.co/bFwLcM43kK" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/bFwLcM43kK</a> <a href="https://t.co/2tms5kU1yI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/2tms5kU1yI</a></p>— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) <a href="https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1709248458169684022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 3, 2023</a> 
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<p>More recent estimates now suggest that the company owes 100,000 creditors, with assets and liabilities valued at anywhere from $1-$10 billion.</p> 
<p> You might also like: <a href="https://crypto.news/us-prosecutors-granted-extension-till-october-in-mashinsky-case/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> US prosecutors granted extension till October in Mashinsky case </a> </p> 
<p>At an earlier hearing before the US District Judge John Koeltl on Tuesday, defense lawyers for the case suggested that part of their defense strategy would be to consider if cryptocurrencies are securities.</p> 
<p>The next pre-trial hearing is set for March 14, 2024.</p> 
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<p>Despite being a major development in the Mashinsky case, much of the financial industry has instead tuned into the case surrounding the FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who also went on <a href="https://crypto.news/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-frieds-trial-day-1-recap/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">trial</a> on Oct. 3.</p> 
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<p>SBF is currently facing seven charges on different accounts of fraud and money laundering in addition to securities fraud related to his activities as the CEO of FTX.</p> 
<p> Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/alex-mashinsky-seeks-to-drop-ftcs-complaint-entirely/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Alex Mashinsky seeks to drop FTC’s complaint entirely </a> </p>

Mashinsky’s trial date in Celsius fraud case set for September 2024

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