Feds hit alleged crypto conman and ex-CEO of Celsius Network Alex Mashinsky with seven criminal charges in July—and now they want to freeze his assets. 

A court order filed yesterday shows the Department of Justice has ordered Mashinksy’s numerous bank accounts frozen. 

The filing orders that no money should be able to leave bank accounts at Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, First Republic Securities, SoFi Bank and SoFi Securities. 

It also mentions a Texas property owned by Mashinksy and shared with his wife Kristine.

Federal prosecutors in July charged Mashinsky with fraud, alleging that he misled investors and his firm engaged in “risky trading practices.” They hit him with a total of seven criminal charges. 

And the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Trade Commission also hit Celsius with a number of civil charges. 

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