USA v. Karony et al
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April 18, 2025
DOJ To Move Ahead In SafeMoon Case Despite Crypto Memo
Prosecutors told a federal judge in Brooklyn on Friday that they plan to proceed with an investor fraud case against the CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon, having reviewed a Justice Department directive not to pursue certain charges related to digital assets.
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April 09, 2025
SafeMoon CEO Flags DOJ Crypto Memo In Bid For Dismissal
The CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon alerted a Brooklyn federal judge Wednesday to a U.S. Justice Department directive not to pursue charges related to digital assets under the Securities Exchange Act or Commodity Exchange Act, suggesting that the judge should dismiss his investor fraud case.
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February 20, 2025
SafeMoon Exec Says He'll Cop To 2 Conspiracy Charges
The chief technology officer behind the alleged SafeMoon LLC crypto fraud was a step closer to changing his not guilty plea Thursday on two of three counts of the indictment — a move that came after a Brooklyn federal judge declined to delay his co-defendant's trial last week.
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February 13, 2025
SafeMoon CEO's Trial Not Delayed By Crypto Policy Shifts
A Brooklyn federal judge has declined to delay the late March start to a trial for the CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency asset company SafeMoon LLC despite the executive's arguments that recent crypto policy shifts could cut the securities fraud charge from the counts against him.
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February 07, 2025
SafeMoon CEO Says Crypto Policy Shifts Warrant Trial Delay
The crypto executive behind the alleged SafeMoon fraud is fighting to delay his trial by a month in the hopes that a new approach to cryptocurrency by the Trump administration could ax the securities fraud charge from the counts against him.
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January 10, 2025
SafeMoon CEO Wants 'Misleading' Reddit Post Explained
The CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency asset company SafeMoon LLC asked a Brooklyn federal judge Friday to order the government to explain whether it had a role in a social media user's "misleading" post that promised to connect SafeMoon investors with the U.S. government.
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October 15, 2024
SafeMoon Execs Can't Beat Fraud Charges Now, Feds Say
The crypto executives behind the alleged SafeMoon fraud can't claim their conduct was beyond the reach of U.S. courts at this stage of litigation, federal prosecutors said in a brief that pushed back on the executives' bid to dismiss the indictment.
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February 09, 2024
SafeMoon CEO Finally Gets Bail In $300M Crypto Fraud Case
A New York federal judge on Friday agreed to let the CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency asset company SafeMoon out on bail, after a monthslong, multijurisdictional tug of war over fears he would flee rather than face trial over accusations that he bilked investors out of $300 million.
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January 02, 2024
SafeMoon CEO Appears In NY, Denies Crypto Fraud Charges
The CEO of crypto outfit SafeMoon on Tuesday made his first appearance in New York federal court and pled not guilty to charges accusing him and others of conning token investors out of more than $300 million by lying about the status of their funds.
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November 13, 2023
SafeMoon Founder To Remain Jailed And Transferred To NY
The indicted founder of crypto project SafeMoon will remain jailed after a New York federal judge on Monday both reversed a Utah magistrate judge's decision to grant bail and ordered the founder to be transferred to the New York district where his criminal trial will play out.