Monthly Round-Up OCTOBER 2022 Trump Family Sued for ‘Exaggerating Net Worth by Billiions’ Celsius CEO Resigns in Midst of Bankruptcy Proceedings Alex Mashinsky, CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius, submitted a letter of resignation on 27 September, according to a company press release. McConney. On top of an order preventing the Trump family from leading any company or purchasing any property in New York, the lawsuit also seeks a $250 million judgement. James stated in a social media post that the suit alleged more than 200 cases of fraud over a period of 10 years. If enacted, she said, the penalties called for in the suit would be a “death penalty” for the Trump Organisation. The Trump Organisation denied any wrongdoing. In a social media post, Trump described the legal action as “another witch-hunt”. The news comes on the heels of further legal troubles for the former president as a threejudge appeals panel ruled that the criminal investigation into classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate could proceed. $12 billion in assets under management and more than $8 billion in loans to clients. However, a year-long crypto bear market and the collapse of the Terra ecosystem (which wiped out more than $60 billion in value in May), Celsius was forced to halt withdrawals in June before filing for bankruptcy a month later. In the release, Mashinsky stated that though he was retiring effective immediately, he would still continue to help the company provide creditors with the “best outcome”. The company’s own CEL crypto token fell 8% upon the news. “I regret that my continued role as CEO has become an increasing distraction, and I am very sorry about the difficult financial circumstances members of our community are facing,” Mashinsky wrote. His exit comes months after Celsius filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As recently as May 2022, Celsius was one of the largest players in the cryptocurrency space, with more than Former US President Trump and his children have been accused of ‘persistent and staggering’ fraud in the name of inflating their personal net worth. New York attorney general Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children to prevent them from doing business in the state, alleging “years of bank, tax and insurance fraud”. The 220-page civil suit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, details allegations that the Trumps lied about the value of their real estate assets “by billions of dollars” in order to inflate their personal net worth. Through this fraud, Trump was able to secure favourable loans and, in cases where he undervalued his property, tax benefits. Trump, Donald Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump were each named as defendants, along with Trump Organisation executives Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey 6 LAWYERMONTHLYOCTOBER 2022 Trump photo credit: WikiCommons - Gage Skidmore fromPeoria, AZ, United States of America https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
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