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Joshua A. Sussberg, P.C. Patrick J. Nash, Jr., P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Ross M. Kwasteniet, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP Christopher S. Koenig
601 Lexington Avenue Dan Latona (admitted pro hac vice)
New York, New York 10022 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
Telephone: (212) 446-4800 KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900 300 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Telephone: (312) 862-2000
Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
)
In re: ) Chapter 11
)
CELSIUS NETWORK LLC, et al.,1 ) Case No. 22-10964 (MG)
)
Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered)
)
NOTICE OF PHISHING ATTEMPTS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 29, 2022, the Debtors became aware that
phishing emails were being sent to certain of the Debtors’ customers purporting to be restructuring
associates at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, requesting that customers submit their wallet addresses and
other account information to receive claim distributions. Copies of such emails are attached to
this notice as Exhibit A.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that these emails are not an authorized message
from the Debtors’ legal advisors and are likely a phishing scam.
1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification
number, are: Celsius Network LLC (2148); Celsius KeyFi LLC (4414); Celsius Lending LLC (8417); Celsius
Mining LLC (1387); Celsius Network Inc. (1219); Celsius Network Limited (8554); Celsius Networks
Lending LLC (3390); and Celsius US Holding LLC (7956). The location of Debtor Celsius Network LLC’s
principal place of business and the Debtors’ service address in these chapter 11 cases is 50 Harrison Street,
Suite 209F, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030.
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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that neither the Debtors nor their advisors will
ever contact you by email, telephone call, or otherwise requesting account information or other
personal information absent an Order from the Court.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Debtors are also aware of other telephonic
phishing scams that are also not authorized messages from the Debtors’ advisors.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if you receive any message purporting to be
from the Debtors or their advisors and requesting account information or personal information,
contact the Debtors immediately at [email protected] or the Debtors’
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New York, New York /s/ Joshua A. Sussberg
Dated: November 30, 2022 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP
Joshua A. Sussberg, P.C.
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 446-4800
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
Email:
[email protected] - and -
Patrick J. Nash, Jr., P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
Ross M. Kwasteniet, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
Christopher S. Koenig
Dan Latona (admitted pro hac vice)
300 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Telephone: (312) 862-2000
Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
Email:
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession
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Exhibit A
Phishing Emails
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From:
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 10:59 AM
To:
Subject: FW: Fwd: Celsius Network LLC Chapter 11 Proceedings
On Wed, 30 Nov at 1:41 AM , wrote:
[External Email]
Hi,
I got an e-mail from
Rebecca J. M.
[email protected] via gmail.mcsv.net
It is asking for recovery addresses to send funds etc.
I just wanted to check is this a legit request related to the case or is it some sort of Phishing -- as I see it's
sent from a Hotmail address
Best,
Email:
Skype: Linkedin:
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Rebecca J. M. <
[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Subject: Celsius Network LLC Chapter 11 Proceedings
To:
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Celsius Network LLC Chapter 11 proceedings
You're receiving this email because you have a claim in the Celsius Network LLC restructuring
matter.
Step 1: Review the amount of your claim listed by Celsius Network LLC.
Your claim is listed in Schedule EF Part 3 as a General Unsecured claim comprising of the
coin(s) listed in the spreadsheet below. This is your claims form:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0Ucmi6O4n9kp1wr6Dg19xBwac3ECuoJ/view?usp=sharing
Please utilise the following unique password to access the file: 241572
Step 2: If you agree with the type and amount of your claim listed above, you do not need
to file a new claim. You only need to provide a recovery address in the designated
column, to complete your claim.
Customers only need to supply a recovery address on the claims form, for these chapter 11
cases if their claim is listed on the Schedules filed by the Debtors, provided that (i) the claimant
does not disagree with the amount, nature, and priority of the Claim as set forth in the
Schedules; and (ii) the claimant does not dispute that the Claim is an obligation only of the
specific Debtor against which the Claim is listed in the Schedules.
Step 3: If you disagree with your scheduled claim listed above, you must provide the
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corrected details on or before the General Bar Date, or be forever barred from further
recovery.
If you need to provided corrected details (because you disagree with the scheduled claim listed
above), please use the spreadsheet linked above to submit your claim.
We recommend filing your claim and/or providing a recovery address as soon as
possible, so that any corrections can be processed before the General Bar Date. Please
contact us at the earliest if there are any discrepancies in your claims spreadsheet.
You may also reach out on a reply to this email for any clarifications.
Best regards,
Rebecca J. M.
Celsius Legal Team
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Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 8:18 AM
To: Reiney, Margaret
Subject: FW: Celsius Creditor Verification
Hello Margaret - the below inquiry was received in the [email protected] inbox.
Please forward, respond, or disregard as applicable. Thank you.
Business Intake Supervisor
-----------------------------------------------------
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
300 North LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60654
F +1 312 862 2200
-------------------------------------
From:
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2022 5:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Celsius Creditor Verification
Checking in on this again. Thanks. On Nov 23, 2022, at 2: 32 PM, Todd Sheraw <toddsheraw@ gmail. com> wrote: Hello. Can you please verify the legitimacy of the attached email? Is this indeed a representative of your firm reaching out from
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This message is from an EXTERNAL SENDER
Be cautious, particularly with links and attachments.
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Checking in on this again. Thanks.
On Nov 23, 2022, at 2:32 PM, wrote:
Hello. Can you please verify the legitimacy of the attached email?
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Is this indeed a representative of your firm reaching out from a hotmail email address?
This feels like a scam.
Thanks.
Begin forwarded message:
Date: November 23, 2022 at 1:38:52 PM EST
To:
Subject: Celsius Creditor Verification
Reply-To: Margaret Reiney <
[email protected]>
Hi Cesius Creditor,
I'm Margret Reiney, associate at Kirkland & Ellis. As you may know, we're handling the bankruptcy
proceedings for Celsius Inc. As per the court order dated November 16, 2022 (linked below) , we are
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required to verify the balances of each user, and issue an initial refund installment equal to 25% of the
value of customer assets.
To streamline this process, we're attaching a copy of our assets on file for your account, for you to
verify.
We request you to execute four steps as indicated on the spreadsheet to receive the initial installment,
in the next seven (7) days:
1. Check the asset amounts. If incorrect, please edit and provide the correct amounts - we will
double check our database, and request proof of funds if required.
2. Indicate correctness of the asset values.
3. Provide refund addresses. This must be a personal wallet, not an exchange address.
4. Recommended: Perform a test transaction with the refund address, as stated in the spreadsheet
- for speedy verification.
Please access the document via the google drive link provided below. The spreadsheet is password
protected for internal confidentiality - please use your unique customer ID as the password: ————-
After performing the above steps, and filling in the spreadsheet, attach the updated document in a reply
to this email.
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Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
(Case
Ref. https://cases.stretto.com/public/x191/11749/CORRESPONDENCE/1174911162250000000067.pdf)
Best Regards,
Margret Reiney
Kirkland & Ellis
https://www.kirkland.com/
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