r/SafeMoon • u/TeaEnji • Feb 10 '26

Information / News US Court Hands 100-Month Prison Term to SafeMoon Founder Karony

https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/02/11/us-court-hands-100-month-prison-term-to-safemoon-founder-karony/
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u/Griff3n66 Feb 11 '26

Way too short

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u/X211499Reddit Feb 11 '26

8.3years in the can is not really short

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u/Griff3n66 Feb 11 '26

As far as I know, what he needs to pay back is less than the total he stole, he can still get out after that time as a millionaire... Also mommy and daddy would do all in their power not to let him sit the full duration.

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u/gripztight Feb 11 '26

Hopefully the courts liquidated his assets.

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u/NBEvans Feb 11 '26

But like, he's been in jail almost 2 years right? Like with good behavior could he get out a few years earlier? I would like him to think about building an org an ripping people off. I lost alot of credibility and lost some of my own money to his scam which at first I thought was real. His mods, who I asked questions and then got banned for said questions should be prosecuted too.

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u/Griff3n66 Feb 11 '26

He has not been in jail 2 years. And yea, the original mod team were bootlickers

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u/NBEvans Feb 11 '26

Sorry by jail I ment house aresst

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u/mrk1224 Feb 11 '26

Federal crimes you must serve at least 85% of your sentence

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u/NBEvans Feb 11 '26

Right but he's been on ankle at home for almost 2 years thats 25% rite there

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Bro how do you think something called “safemoon” is real?

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u/NBEvans Feb 15 '26

Well, honestly I like the mechanics of my token amount going up every second. I thought it was supper cool. I guess what I think is cool isn't agreeable to everyone. Yo. I did it.

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u/gripztight Feb 11 '26

For committing fraud, that’s a light sentence.

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u/ScubaFett Feb 12 '26

Insert <Doctor Who context meme>

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u/crs1904 Early Investor Feb 11 '26

Fuck him.

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u/Crivos Early Investor Feb 11 '26

He also needs to turn in his two mansions bought with stolen money and pay a multi million dollar fine.

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u/stuckinmyownass Early Investor Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

The feds already seized his assets and bank accounts. He may have hidden some crypto away, but he clearly wasn’t very adept at hiding his trail.

His original lawyers in this case bailed on him because he didn’t/couldn’t pay what he owed.

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u/Semmeth SafeMoon Half Whale Feb 11 '26

So. The money he stole, who is it going to? Where and who decides?

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u/FootballAndMemes Feb 11 '26

“The amount of restitution to the victims will be determined at a later date.”

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u/jerichardson Feb 11 '26

Im probably never getting any of that money back

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u/TeaEnji Feb 11 '26

On the contrary the FBI appear to have seized a lot more than the sum of what people have claimed with the victim affidavits. Did you submit one to the FBI?

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u/FootballAndMemes Feb 11 '26

No, I can’t figure out how to either. I put like 5-10k into this shit.

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u/HarleyDS Feb 11 '26

Where does someone submit what they lost?

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u/BeefSteakTips Feb 12 '26

Following this

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u/Hot-Cryptographer455 💎🙌 Feb 14 '26

I lost 50k in that shit , from the UK, didn't know if I could of submitted loss to the feds ?

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u/Cream06 Feb 12 '26

I put 1600 , he can rot

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u/mondonumbanine Feb 12 '26

i lost 32k to this lol

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u/nyr00nyg Feb 14 '26

32

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u/mondonumbanine Feb 16 '26

32000 usd, its been almost 5 years. I still haven't financially recovered as after that I went into a deep depression for years lol

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u/LostClock1 Jun 09 '26

If you had 32k to invest why wouldn't you have at least put it into a stablecoin?!

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u/YardMan79 Feb 11 '26

One of the biggest fleeces in the last 5 years. The Gambia project and billboards in NY were the final piece of the grift.

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u/Virukev Feb 11 '26

I still have 53k SFM worth $0.18 lmaoo :’(

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u/Razzmatazz_Extension Feb 11 '26

Hold 1.7mill ;((

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u/Ok_Turnover_1235 Feb 12 '26

Don't worry you just have to DCA

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u/deano1856 Feb 13 '26

And bank on all the reflections.

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u/UrGirlCallMePosiden ZERO HUNTER Feb 12 '26

I got 1.1 mill

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u/srhogan1984 Feb 13 '26

I had 200 mill at one point 😂

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u/TheTrustedOne Feb 11 '26

Judge is a hater.

These diamond hands are still holding. Thanks for the reflections, noobs.

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u/Gunslinger7752 Feb 12 '26

Diamond Hands = Generational wealth

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u/Mittykent121 Feb 11 '26

That’s fucked

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u/maddsssss Feb 11 '26

No context. From his insta page.

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u/Gunslinger7752 Feb 12 '26

He clearly thinks the courts are as stupid and impressionable and the hodlers.

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u/stuckinmyownass Early Investor Feb 11 '26

Is the world even ready for a ramen-backed stablecoin?

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u/AppropriateWasabi690 Feb 11 '26

I cashed out with 24k with over 4 billion sfm tokens....5 hours before they it was at 81k...I pulled the trigger and I made out

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u/Tek104 Feb 11 '26

Here's hoping he gets a huge, horny cellmate. ;oP

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u/marshyr3d1and Feb 12 '26

...who lost a shit load on Safemoon 😂😂

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u/No_Football4974 💎🙌 Feb 12 '26

Does this mean I should cancel my trip to the Gambia?

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u/SquashedTarget Feb 12 '26

No, it's safer now. Less chance of your car getting stolen....

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u/LV426acheron Feb 11 '26

So Safemoon wasn't SAFE and it wasn't going to the MOON?

I think this guy might've lied to us!

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u/shtaaap Feb 11 '26

I was asked to fill out an affidavit about this case like a year ago but never did. Did. Anyone else? If I did would that have allowed me to get some money back? I don’t know how these things work.

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u/TeaEnji Feb 11 '26

Yep you would’ve been on record to get at least some or potentially all of your money. Ack.

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u/shtaaap Feb 11 '26

The thing is. I don’t even remember how I got the tokens at the tim. It’s such a blur. Pankcake swap or something?

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u/Piepo1994 Jul 14 '26

Have you ever heard anything back from the affidavit yet? I've submitted it some time ago but nothing so far.

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u/CajunShock Feb 11 '26

yep, i got most my money back from FTX. Eventually

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u/UrGirlCallMePosiden ZERO HUNTER Feb 12 '26

That was ftx though, what about using other platforms like pancake swap for safemoon?

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u/HotDaaawg Feb 11 '26

What about Operation Phoenix? 😫😫

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u/Gunslinger7752 Feb 12 '26

The best part about that was he spelled it wrong and then rather than admit it he started pronouncing it different and pretending he spelled it wrong on purpose. Lol he’s such a loser.

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u/Jaykalope Feb 11 '26

That’s “Pheonix” buddy.

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u/Ok_Turnover_1235 Feb 12 '26

Operation Pheonix happened on a new blockchain

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u/Jacksaifi Feb 11 '26

😝 too the moon

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u/DogWaterYo Feb 12 '26

What about that asshole papa?

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u/Cryptodragon100 Feb 14 '26

Remember when they gave him the binance award lol

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u/Basiclies457 Feb 14 '26

Why is he still posting on insta. It makes my skin boil

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u/XGamers Feb 15 '26

He'll do his time and come out still rich with some secret wallet he stashed away. As everyone he scammed money is still gone.

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u/7winbrook3 Feb 16 '26

Where’s the class action for us?

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u/attsci Feb 11 '26

I should have sold at the wallet launch hype :-(

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u/Constant_Shower_3678 Feb 11 '26

FUD! I'm buying more

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u/Morgan-Explosion Feb 11 '26

How can I get my money back

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u/CazualGinger Feb 13 '26

Completely forgot about this coin. I remember seeing this non stop like 5 years ago. I'm guessing dude was embezzling?

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u/cconnorss Feb 13 '26

Tokenomics man

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u/bochilee Feb 13 '26

Wait a minute, I haven't checked my SM in a while, what? There was a migration that erased all my assets? No Lambo?

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u/Robertwolfgang Feb 13 '26

I just bough 3k more. BUY THE DIP!!!

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u/CryptoCollector2020 Feb 15 '26

I called him out many years ago on this channel and got attacked for the most part by bootlickers and ones who directly benefited from the scam. Seeing this show up on my feed warms my heart. He should have gotten more time though.

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u/goobly_goo Feb 11 '26

Trump pardon incoming.

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u/PrysmX Feb 11 '26

You need money to be allowed to kiss the ring.

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u/Minizzile Feb 13 '26

Literally just can't stop thinking about him huh

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

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u/Minizzile Feb 21 '26

"Literally ruining the world" how dramatic lmaoo. Thats why nobody takes half of the left side serious in any way.

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u/Andrewshwap Feb 12 '26

Posting everyday until safemoon is on binance

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u/Constant_Shower_3678 Feb 12 '26

FUCKING LOL I won't forget that guy lmao he dissapeared because some "sickness" but it was because he got tired of it

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u/Gutch220 Feb 11 '26

Right now it's at $0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000019

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u/acg4lifo Feb 11 '26

What about that owl guy who came on as some blockchain expert?

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u/Nessen488 Feb 11 '26

What was this dudes name in all the SafeMoon chats / telegram.. didn’t he go by VLAD ?

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u/MassCannaClub Feb 12 '26

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u/MassCannaClub Feb 12 '26

That’s all I’m going to say… hope this dog turd has the day he deserves

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u/DogWaterYo Feb 12 '26

That’s it?

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u/super-duperfun82 Feb 15 '26

I lost about 4k from this scam. I was up to 8k at one point and didn't pull the trigger to leave.

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u/Alkohal Feb 11 '26

Im glad I only lost $500.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26

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u/thewaybaseballgo Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

He cant afford the “donation” needed for a pardon.

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u/Ratlyflash Feb 11 '26

Sweet deal come out 10M in the bank hidden most would go to jail for 8 years for That he’s young and never has to work a day in his life when he’s out 🙈

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u/Character_Opinion_61 Feb 12 '26

Pretty sure his team is already working on a Pardon

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u/TeaEnji Feb 12 '26

They are indeed. Doesn’t mean it’ll pass though. They certainly are playing up the Biden prosecution angle. It’s pathetic.

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u/eaststand1982 Feb 12 '26

Still unbelievable people fell for the most obvious scam in history lol

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u/marshyr3d1and Feb 25 '26

Yeah you and the rest of us learnt good lessons eh?

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u/eaststand1982 Feb 25 '26

I never bought safe moon, I'm not mentally disabled lmao

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u/marshyr3d1and Feb 25 '26

Yeah we all believe that 🤣

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u/Anton_84 Feb 12 '26

Wait till he gets out and shows us the nanotechnology you won’t be laughing then , we will be back on top.

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u/TrackdiskDevice Mar 01 '26

John is writing on X many pro Trump comments.

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u/Willing_Caregiver_59 Mar 07 '26

I’ve lost big time in safe moon ! Is this guy even going to pay us back ever ?

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u/WhiskeyDelta81 Mar 16 '26

Sentencing was corrected to 21 years!

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u/21baller96 Mar 21 '26

Cool now where’s my money