| SafeMoon
Karony Still
Jailed in Utah
Now DOJ Lists
Its Discovery
Including
Discord Here
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
EDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 29 – 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.
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...
On November
3, Smith was arraigned, bond
document on Patreon here
....
On November 8,
EDNY prosecutors wrote
"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.
On Sunday
November 12 Karony's lawyers
wrote in that "without more,
every U.S. citizen facing
criminal charges in the
digital asset space would be
detained through trial, in
effect establishing an
unrebuttable crypto
presumption." Full letter on
Patreon here.
On November 13,
Inner City Press live tweeted
the bail appeal in which
Karony was ordered detained
and to be brought to EDNY, thread:
Judge: I
order Mr. Karony to be
detained pending his transfer
to the EDNY. I will be happy
to reconsider this if there is
a most robust bail package.
Adjourned.
After the judge
got off, a voice said,
SafeMoon Army, out.
On November 22,
Karony's lawyers filed -
Letter on Patreon here.
On November 27,
the prosecutors replied that
transport will take the time
it takes, and there is no
basis for release. Letter on
Patreon here.
Late on November
29 the EDNY US Attorney's
Office filed its discovery
list including:
Documents,
communications and other
records obtained from Discord,
Inc. pursuant to a search
warrant for Discord Username
“CPT_HODL_T_MUN” with user ID
233043453645160448, Bates
numbered EDNY-KARONY-00000020.
• FBI FD-302 Report of the
October 31, 2023 arrest of the
defendant, Bates numbered
EDNY-KARONY-00000021—EDNY-KARONY-00000022.
• FBI FD-395 Advice of Rights
form signed by the defendant
on October 31, 2023, Bates
numbered EDNY-KARONY-00000023.
• Audio-video recording of the
defendant’s custodial
interview, Bates numbered
EDNY-KARONY-00000024. • United
States Marshals Service
Personal History of Defendant
(USM-312) form, Bates numbered
EDNY-KARONY-00000025–EDNY-KARONY00000027.
• FBI booking package for
defendant Braden John Karony,
Bates numbered
EDNY-KARONY-00000028–EDNY-KARONY-00000033
Full list on
Patreon here.
Inner City Press
will follow the case(s)
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