NEW: Court documents show that former Celsius execs Alex Mashinsky and Daniel Leon, and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew a combined $56 million in crypto from the lender in May, before the lender suspended withdrawals. nikhileshde and sndr_krisztian report
Crypto lender Celsius’ top three executives withdrew $56.12 million in cryptocurrency between May and June 2022, right before the company suspended withdrawals and filed for bankruptcy, new court records show.
According to a Statement of Financial Affairs filed late Wednesday, former CEO Alex Mashinsky, former CSO Daniel Leon and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew the funds largely from custody accounts in the form of bitcoin , ether , USDC and CEL tokens . Over a dozen other executives, including the company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Oren Blonstein, Chief Risk Officer Rodney Sunada-Wong and new CEO Chris Ferraro did not make any significant withdrawals during that time period, according to the document, one of several filed to the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mashinsky withdrew about $10 million in cryptocurrency in May 2022. Leon withdrew about $7 million between May 27 and May 31. Goldstein withdrew around $13 million .
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