SafeMoon前首席执行官被判100个月监禁：谎称流动性池锁定，挪用投资者数百万美元
2026年2月10日，位于纽约州金斯县布鲁克林区的联邦法院判处数字资产公司 SafeMoon 前首席执行官 Braden John Karony 100个月联邦监禁。美国联邦检察官办公室纽约东区当天宣布，Karony 在2025年5月为期三周的审判后，被联邦陪审团裁定共谋证券欺诈、共谋电汇欺诈与共谋洗钱三项罪名全部成立。
据检察官办公室，SafeMoon 代币在2021年由 SafeMoon 公司发行，市值一度超过80亿美元。Karony 与同谋对外谎称，由代币交易税形成的流动性池已被锁定、他们无法动用，实际上却秘密进入这些流动性池，挪走数百万美元，并以清洗交易等手法操纵代币价格。
法院还判令 Karony 没收约750万美元，陪审团另裁定没收两处住宅物业，受害人的赔偿金额将由法院另行裁定。联邦检察官 Joseph Nocella Jr. 说，Karony 向各行各业的投资者撒谎，骗了数千名受害人，用骗来的钱购买豪宅、跑车与定制卡车。联邦调查局助理局长 James Barnacle Jr. 说，Karony 从自己公司盗走900多万美元数字资产，资助其奢华生活。
Karony 现年29岁，来自犹他州，主审法官是联邦地区法官 Eric Komitee。同案被告、前首席技术官 Thomas Smith 已于2025年2月认罪，正等待判刑，另一名同谋 Kyle Nagy 仍在逃。
Former SafeMoon CEO Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Multi-Million-Dollar Crypto Fraud
On February 10, 2026, a federal court in Brooklyn, in Kings County, New York, sentenced Braden John Karony, the former chief executive officer of the digital asset company SafeMoon, to 100 months in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that a federal jury had convicted Karony on all counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering after a three-week trial in May 2025.
According to prosecutors, the SafeMoon token, issued by SafeMoon LLC in 2021, once reached a market capitalization of more than $8 billion. Karony and his co-conspirators falsely told investors that the liquidity pools funded by the token's transaction tax were locked and inaccessible to them, while in fact they secretly accessed the pools, diverted millions of dollars, and manipulated the token's price through wash trading and other means.
The court also ordered Karony to forfeit approximately $7.5 million, and the jury ordered the forfeiture of two residential properties; restitution to victims will be determined by the court at a later date. U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said Karony lied to investors from all walks of life and defrauded thousands of victims to buy mansions, sports cars, and custom trucks. FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Barnacle Jr. said Karony stole more than $9 million in digital assets from his company to fund his lavish lifestyle.
Karony, 29, of Utah, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee. A co-defendant, former chief technology officer Thomas Smith, pleaded guilty in February 2025 and is awaiting sentencing, while another co-conspirator, Kyle Nagy, remains at large.
来源：美国联邦检察官办公室纽约东区
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