The timing of a travel request filed by Roni Cohen-Pavon in US court coincides with a crypto conference that Celsius executives have previously attended.
Former Celsius chief revenue officer Roni Cohen-Pavon, who pleaded guilty to criminal charges in 2023 and has been free on bail, has permission to travel to Singapore, ostensibly in order to attend the Token2049 conference.
In a Sept. 13 filing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Judge John Koeltl granted Cohen-Pavon permission to travel from Israel to Singapore from Sept. 16 to 20 “for business purposes.” Cohen-Pavon, part of the same criminal indictment as former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, allegedly earned roughly $3.6 million in profits from the sales of CEL tokens by helping artificially inflate the price.
“Mr. Cohen-Pavon’s conditions of release permit him to travel within Israel, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York [EDNY], and points in between for purposes of travel to the Southern District of New York,” said the court docket. “We write on Mr. Cohen-Pavon’s behalf to request permission for travel from Israel to Singapore on September 16, 2024 through September 20, 2024 for business purposes, including a layover in Bangkok, Thailand, as there are no direct flights between Israel and Singapore.”
