By 2022, SafeMoon was unraveling. Class action lawsuits had been filed alleging the team had pulled liquidity for personal gain. Influencers who had promoted SafeMoon faced their own lawsuits. The price collapsed 99% from its highs. In November 2023, the SEC charged SafeMoon executives — including CEO John Karony and creator Kyle Nagy — with securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The Department of Justice followed with criminal charges.
According to prosecutors, the SafeMoon team had drained liquidity from the project to fund mansions, sports cars, and lifestyles, all while telling the community their funds were locked. Tens of thousands of holders lost everything. The SafeMoon story became the cautionary tale of the 2021 memecoin era — proof that not every meme with a friendly logo and a clever marketing pitch was a charity coin like Doge. Some were straight-up frauds.
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