by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
EDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 8 – On November 2, 2023 SafeMoon's trio were indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Inner City Press covered it, here.
Prosecutors charged Braden John Karony, Kyle Nagy, and Thomas Smith with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy for their roles in defrauding investors in a decentralized finance digital asset called “SafeMoon” Earlier today, Karony was arrested in Provo, Utah, and Smith was arrested in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Nagy remains at large.
On November 3, Smith was arraigned, bond document on Patreon here ....
On November 8, EDNY prosecutors wrote "The government respectfully submits this letter, in advance of the defendant’s November 8, 2023 detention hearing in the District of Utah, seeking the detention of the defendant Braden John Karony." Full memo on Patreon here.
But Karony was ordered free on bond, by Magistrate Daphne A. Oberg (whose previous freeing of January 6 defendant John Earle Sullivan Inner City Press previously covered here). The EDNY prosecutors have written to the assigned District Judge to appeal / seek a stay, 6-page letter on Patreon here.
Inner City Press will follow the case(s)
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