by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 3 – 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....
And now, from the transcript of his allocution: "In October of 2021 I became responsible for overseeing and approving correctly market purchases..." Strange transcription - see more on Substack here
On October 3, a pre-trial conference at which the trial date was picked, as Sept 17, 2024: "Mashinsky pres w/attys Mark Mukasey, and Robert Frenchman. AUSAs Allison Nichols and Adam Hobson. Reporter Dana Holland. Pretrial conference. Next pretrial conferences 3/14/2024 at 10:00am and 7/12/2024 at 10:00am. Final pretrial conference 9/11/2024 at 10:30am. Trial date 9/17/2024. Time excluded from 10/3/2023 to 9/17/2024. Bail cont'd for deft Mashinsky."
More on Substack here
Back 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.
The case is US v. Mashinsky, et al., 23-cr-347 (Koeltl) Indictment on Patreon here
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