Celsius'
Mashinsky
Co-Defendant
Pleads Guilty
Now
Cohen-Pavon To
Be Sentenced
Dec 11
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 14 – After
Alexander
Mashinsky of
Celsius was
arrested on
July 13, US
Attorney
Damian
Williams held
a press
conference.
Inner
City Press
asked him to
explain his
office's
thinking in
agreeing to
release on
bail for Sam
Bankman-Fried
and Shakeeb
Ahmed, for
example, but
demanding and
obtaining the
ongoing
pre-trial
detention of
Avi Eisenberg
and Miles
Guo.
US
Attorney
Williams
responded that
every case is
different.
Inner City
Press asked if
his office
would in the
afternoon be
seeking the
detention of,
or agreeing to
release,
Mashinsky. He
declined to
say either
way, saying
you will soon
see.
At
2:45 pm the
arraignment
began,
followed the
the SDNY
AUSAs' deal
that Mashinsky
would be
released right
after on bond.
Inner City
Press was
there, thread.
Next
was July 25 at
11 am. Inner
City Press was
there, thread.
On
September 13,
with no
announcement,
Mashinsky's
co-defendant
pled guilty:
"Minute Entry
for
proceedings
held before
Judge John G.
Koeltl: Change
of Plea
Hearing as to
Roni
Cohen-Pavon
held on
9/13/2023.
Deft
Cohen-Pavone
enters plea of
guilty to
Counts 4, 5, 6
and 7 of
indictment.
Sentence date
12/11/2024 at
11:00am. Bail
cont'd."
He
is a cooperator
- the plea
agreement says
it is
understand he
will share all
information
asked for....
More
on Substack here
On
September 5,
the
post-indictment
restraining
order was
unsealed,
showing the US
targeting
accounts in
Goldman Sachs,
SoFi Bank,
First Republic
- and a
property 2004
East 8th
Street in
Austin held
with Kristine
Meehan
Mashinsky. 5
page document
on Patreon here. For now
the
application
and affidavit
are sealed.
From the SDNY
press release
on the
indictment "
COHEN-PAVON,
an Israeli
citizen and
resident, is
currently
abroad."
This
hung over the
Olivier Aran
Magistrates
Court
proceeding,
the Mashinsky
up in the
afternoon.
The case is US
v. Mashinsky,
et al.,
23-cr-347
(Koeltl /
Wang)
Indictment on
Patreon here
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