SEC Charges Crypto Company SafeMoon and its Executive Team for Fraud and Unregistered Offering of Crypto Securities
After this plunge, Karony and Smith allegedly used misappropriated assets to make large purchases of SafeMoon to prop up its price and manipulate the market.
- After this plunge, Karony and Smith allegedly used misappropriated assets to make large purchases of SafeMoon to prop up its price and manipulate the market.
- The SEC’s investigation was conducted by John Lucas, with the assistance of John Crimmins, Pamela Sawhney, Sejal Bhakta, and John Marino.
- The SEC’s litigation will be led by Dean M. Conway and Oren Gleich, under the supervision of James Connor.
- The SEC appreciates the assistance of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, which filed a parallel criminal action, and the FBI.