Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Founder, Alex Mashinsky, Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report

A Mashinsky spokesperson, cited by the paper, said that the entrepreneur had disclosed to an unsecured creditors committee (UCC) in the bankruptcy proceedings that he and his family had $44 million in crypto frozen with Celsius following the withdrawal. The spokesperson said that Mashinsky “‘withdrew a percentage of cryptocurrency in his account, much of which was used to pay state and federal taxes,'” according to the FT.

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/10/02/bankrupt-crypto-lender-celsius-founder-alex-mashinsky-withdrew-10m-weeks-before-company-froze-customer-accounts-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines