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SafeMoon CEO protection claims there was no conspiracy amongst execs

By Editorial Board Published May 21, 2025 4 Min Read
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SafeMoon CEO protection claims there was no conspiracy amongst execs

The protection for former SafeMoon CEO John Karony summarized its case late on Tuesday, Might 20, hoping to forged doubt on prosecutors’ compelling proof.

Karony is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, and cash laundering in reference to SafeMoon, a crypto token that noticed a wild surge in recognition and market worth in early 2021, on the peak of a crypto bull market rife with frauds.

Prosecutors have convincingly demonstrated that Karony misrepresented the mechanics of SafeMoon, together with its purportedly “locked” liquidity pool and the move of income from exchanges, together with BitMart, which traded the token.

Nicholas Smith, Karony’s lead (and solely) protection legal professional, drew consideration to what he argued have been ambiguities and contradictions within the authorities’s claims. 

These included the truth that Karony joined the SafeMoon group after among the misleading messaging in query was created. Most notably, the SafeMoon Whitepaper was written by SafeMoon developer Kyle Nagy earlier than Karony was employed as CEO — although the federal government has proven it retained misrepresentations for near 10 months after Karony joined.

Smith additionally revisited proof that Karony didn’t perceive crypto effectively on the time of lots of his statements, declaring that “fraud isn’t just about intent, it’s about a level of knowledge.”

A few of Smith’s arguments have been extra of a stretch. Specifically, he characterised SafeMoon posts displaying “locks” of enormous tranches of tokens as disclosures that the liquidity pool was not completely locked, a theme Smith has reiterated all through the trial.

Equally, Smith performed a clip from a SafeMoon group AMA that included a reference to discussions of locking the pool, and described this as “admitting the liquidity pool isn’t locked.”

Smith additional argued that proof of disagreement amongst SafeMoon executives, notably concerning the correct remedy of the liquidity pool, meant there might have been no “conspiracy” amongst them.

“Conspiracy requires agreement,” Smith argued — although these disagreements appear principally to have been temporary velocity bumps on the street to self-enrichment. Concurrently, Smith argued that there might be no conspiracy between Karony and Safemoon CTO Thomas “Papa” Smith, as a result of Smith (no relation) was taking orders from Karony.

The legal professional additionally argued that lots of Karony’s statements characterised as fraudulent by prosecutors didn’t rise to that normal. Particularly, Smith argued that claims that SafeMoon was “safe” weren’t fraudulent as a result of they didn’t comprise particular “factual content.”

That is akin to “puffery” defenses which have been put forth in different fraud circumstances: in the event you’re attempting to promote one thing, a level of exaggeration or colourful language might be acceptable with out crossing the road of fraud.

These arguments might have helped the protection plant seeds of doubt within the jury’s thoughts. We are going to most definitely discover out tomorrow, Wednesday, Might 21, with the jury starting deliberation very first thing within the morning.

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