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The Celsius case
Every US enforcement document on Celsius in date order, 13 July 2023 to 18 June 2026. Steps: sentence, guilty plea, settlement and charges.
The enforcement ledger holds 4 US documents on Celsius, from the Justice Department and the CFTC, between 13 July 2023 and 18 June 2026. The latest on record, from the CFTC on 18 June 2026: A court entered a consent order imposing an injunction and trading and registration bans on Celsius Network's founder and former CEO in a CFTC fraud case. From the first charges in the ledger, on 13 July 2023, to the latest sentence, on 8 May 2025, took 22 months.
Timeline
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2023 | DOJ | Criminal charge | Celsius's founder and former chief revenue officer were charged with defrauding customers and manipulating the CEL token; Celsius signed an NPA. |
| 03 Dec 2024 | DOJ | Guilty plea | Celsius founder and former CEO pleaded guilty to commodities fraud and securities fraud, agreeing to forfeit over $48 million. |
| 08 May 2025 | DOJ | Sentence | Celsius founder and former CEO sentenced to 12 years in prison for commodities fraud and securities fraud. |
| 18 Jun 2026 | CFTC | Settlement | A court entered a consent order imposing an injunction and trading and registration bans on Celsius Network's founder and former CEO in a CFTC fraud case. |
Each row links the agency’s own document. A step announced twice, by an agency’s headquarters and a regional office, is listed once. Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated, and a later step can change the outcome.
On Bitminer.io
The enforcement ledger is complete from January 2024 and holds only some earlier documents; filings that weren’t announced in a press release aren’t in it. People are described by their role, not named. Search Celsius across every ledger
Cite this Bitminer.io, “The Celsius case”, data to 6 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/case/celsius/. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link. How this is built · Frozen copy of November 2026’s data