{"id":594468,"date":"2026-05-05T18:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/us-prosecutors-ask-for-leniency-for-ex-celsius-exec-citing-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:53:35","slug":"us-prosecutors-ask-for-leniency-for-ex-celsius-exec-citing-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/us-prosecutors-ask-for-leniency-for-ex-celsius-exec-citing-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"US prosecutors ask for leniency for ex-Celsius exec, citing cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"US<\/p>\n

While Roni Cohen-Pavon\u2019s lawyers have asked for time served, US Attorney Jay Clayton was unspecific in the federal government\u2019s recommendation, requesting the judge defer to sentencing guidelines.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors are recommending a light sentence for Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former chief revenue officer of defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius.<\/p>\n

In a Monday letter filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), US Attorney Jay Clayton cited Cohen-Pavon\u2019s \u201csubstantial assistance\u201d to the government, by being prepared to testify against former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors did not request a specific amount of time for the former chief revenue officer to spend in prison, instead asking the judge to consider the sentencing guidelines for an \u201cappropriate sentencing reduction for a defendant who has rendered substantial assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Roni Cohen-Pavon\u2019s lawyers have asked for time served, US Attorney Jay Clayton was unspecific in the federal government\u2019s recommendation, requesting the judge defer to sentencing guidelines. Federal prosecutors are recommending a light sentence for Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former chief revenue officer of defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius. In a Monday letter filed in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-594468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}