{"id":47777,"date":"2025-09-16T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47777"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:32:15","slug":"fbi-launches-safemoon-victim-appeal-will-sfm-investors-get-money-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47777","title":{"rendered":"FBI Launches Safemoon Victim Appeal: Will SFM Investors Get Money Back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s New York office is urging SafeMoon investors who lost money to come forward as part of a federal investigation into one of the DeFi\u2019s most infamous frauds.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2025, former <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">SafeMoon CEO<\/a> Braden John Karony was convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Prosecutors said Karony and his partners misled investors throughout the 2021\u20132022 bull run, including false claims about executive access to SafeMoon\u2019s liquidity pool and how those funds were being used.<\/p>\n<p>Karony and co-conspirator Kyle Nagy (still at large) diverted millions of dollars from <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">SafeMoon\u2019s liquidity pool<\/a>. If you\u2019re one of the many victims seeking justice, here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<h2>Did SafeMoon Scam You? Stand Up For Justice Here<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283486\" style=\"width: 1520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-283486\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-16T192347.900.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1520\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-16T192347.900.png 1520w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-16T192347.900-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-16T192347.900-1024x212.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-16T192347.900-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-16T192347.900-50x10.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.fbi.gov\/victims\/SafemoonVictims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FBI<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FBI is now asking SafeMoon V1 investors to complete a victim impact form. Responses will help federal investigators assess the scope of damages, determine restitution eligibility, and potentially contact victims for follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for justice against SafeMoon <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.fbi.gov\/victims\/SafemoonVictims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to the Bureau: Victims may qualify for \u201ccertain services, restitution, and rights under federal and\/or state law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I lost over $5,000 on your scam coin<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Muller17 (@Bid1784) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bid1784\/status\/1965604183656239115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All information submitted will remain confidential, with voluntary disclosures aiding the federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Top 20 Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>SafeMoon\u2019s Rise and Collapse: How Did This Scam Get So Big?<\/h2>\n<p>SafeMoon was emblematic of the 2021 \u201cmeme coin\u201d mania. It actually predated the formal <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">memecoin wave <\/a>that would come three years later. Promoted as a community-driven token with \u201cautomatic liquidity,\u201d it rode the retail wave alongside Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. At its peak, SafeMoon briefly reached a multibillion-dollar market capitalization.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike projects such as EOS or Tron, which are flawed but backed by formal development teams, SafeMoon had little technical depth. It was built around viral hype and aggressive social media marketing.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1136px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/G0fGHb-bAAA1-Np?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"1136\" height=\"600\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ProBit_Exchange\/status\/1966849355509608662\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As one early critic in the SafeMoon subreddit recalled: \u201cSafeMoon was so obviously developed by a few shitheads I couldn\u2019t believe my eyes when I saw people emphatically repeating the complete nonsense claims,\u201d the user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere were so many safemoon shills when the daily thread was hitting 20k + comments daily lol.\u201d \u2013 <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CryptoCurrency\/comments\/1nhxprp\/the_fbi_is_now_asking_for_investorvictims_of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reddit user<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While exact figures vary, on-chain analysis shows that SafeMoon\u2019s market cap peaked near $6 Bn in spring 2021 before collapsing by over 95% within a year. <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/vi\/news\/413613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGlass<\/a> data suggests that daily trading volume once exceeded $500 Mn but is now negligible.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next 1000X Crypto: 10+ Crypto Tokens That Can Hit 1000x in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>SafeMoon V2 and Will the FBI Deliver Justice?<\/h2>\n<p>Expectedly, there\u2019s a new SafeMoon project, <strong>Safemoon V2<\/strong>, but nobody trusts any project that is even vaguely associated with the scam.\u00a0 More broadly, the SafeMoon case signals regulators\u2019 growing willingness to target centralized exchanges and token issuers.<\/p>\n<p>Karony\u2019s conviction, paired with ongoing investigations into Nagy and Smith, closes a chapter on one of crypto\u2019s most infamous projects. But the call for victims also raises the question: how many other meme coins from the 2021 frenzy will eventually face similar scrutiny?<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/presales\/did-dogecoin-etf-just-change-everything-for-meme-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Did Dogecoin ETF Just Change Everything For Meme Coins?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        The FBI\u2019s New York office is urging SafeMoon investors who lost money to come forward against one of the biggest frauds in DeFi.    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         Expectedly, there\u2019s a new SafeMoon project, <strong>Safemoon V2. <\/strong>Steer clear.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/fbi-launches-safemoon-victim-appeal-will-sfm-investors-get-money-back\/\">FBI Launches Safemoon Victim Appeal: Will SFM Investors Get Money Back?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI\u2019s New York office is urging SafeMoon investors who lost money to come forward as part of a federal investigation into one of the DeFi\u2019s most infamous frauds. In May 2025, former SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony was convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Prosecutors said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-47777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}