Celsius Founder Mashinsky Settles FTC Case for $10M

Celsius founder Alexander Mashinsky agreed to a US Federal Trade Commission settlement requiring a $10 million payment tied to a mostly suspended $4.72 billion judgment.

The stipulated order, entered by Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, permanently bars Mashinsky from advertising, marketing, promoting, offering or distributing any product or service used to deposit, exchange, invest or withdraw assets.

The $4.72 billion monetary judgment in favor of the FTC was entered but mostly suspended, with the $10 million obligation satisfiable by payments to the US Department of Justice under Mashinsky's criminal forfeiture order.

The suspension is conditional: it can be lifted if the FTC shows Mashinsky failed to disclose a material asset, misstated an asset's value or made another material misstatement or omission in financial disclosures, making the full judgment immediately due, reduced by prior payments.

This settlement follows Mashinsky's May 2025 sentencing to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to commodities fraud and securities fraud, amid the legal fallout from Celsius's 2022 collapse.