PANews October 9 news: According to an announcement from the New York State Attorney General's Office, Celsius co-founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky has reached a settlement with the office and will be permanently banned from participating in the securities, commodities, and cryptocurrency industries. The settlement agreement involves a conditional payment of up to $35 million: if he fails to forfeit $10 million in illegal proceeds to the federal government as agreed, he must pay $25 million to New York State; if he does not serve the full 12-year sentence, he must also pay $10 million. The case involves more than 26,000 New York State investors.