Shlomi Leon

Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius has sued crypto stablecoin Tether's British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong companies in New York in an attempt to recover "preferential and fraudulent transfers" of Bitcoin worth $3.4 billion at the current conversion rate.

Complaint "to avoid and recover preferential and fraudulent transfers" totaling 57,428.64 Bitcoin in Celsius Network Limited, of England, and Celsius Network LLC, of New Jersey, USA v. Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Tether Holdings Limited, Tether International Limited, and Tether Operations Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "(1) breaches of the Defendants’ fiduciary duties to Celsius and aiding and abetting those breaches, (2) fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracy to fraudulently misrepresent, and violations of applicable state consumer fraud statutes, (3) avoidance of actual, preferential, and constructive transfers, and (4) equitable subordination and/or disallowance of Defendants’ claims" in Mohsin Y. Meghji, as Litigation Administrator for Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., GK8 UK Limited, and GK8 USA LLC v. Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi Daniel Leon, Hanoch Goldstein, Roni Cohen-Pavon, Harumi Urata-Thompson, Jeremie Beaudry, Johannes Treutler, Kristine Meehan Mashinsky, Aliza Landes, AM Ventures Holding, Inc., Koala1 LLC, Koala2 LLC, Koala3 LLC, Alchemy Capital Partners LP, Bits of Sunshine LLC, and Four Thirteen LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging fraud in Federal Trade Commission v. Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network LLC, Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, Celsius US LLC, Celsius Management Corp., Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi Daniel Leon, and Hanoch 'Nuke' Goldstein at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.