SafeMoon files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after exec arrests, SEC charges
DeFi protocol SafeMoon filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on Thursday after the U.S. securities watchdog last month charged the firm for alleged fraud. SafeMoon filed the voluntary petition for bankruptcy to the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Utah on Thursday. The document was signed by chief restructuring officer Kenneth Ehrler. SafeMoon US LLC, has estimated assets in the range of $10 million to $50 million and estimated liabilities of $100,001 to $500,000.
The news comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission last month charged the firm and its executive team for alleged fraud and unregistered offering of crypto securities. The agency said SafeMoon’s three executives — Kyle Nagy, John Karony and Thomas Smith — failed to deliver promised profits and misappropriated investor funds for their own personal use. Karony and Smith were arrested last month, while Nagy remained at large. “As alleged, the defendants lied to SFM investors concerning whether SFM’s use of ‘locked’ liquidity was inaccessible to the defendants, as well as their personal holding and trading of SFM,” prosecutors said. SafeMoon token fell 14.4% over the past 24 hours as of Friday noon in Asia, according to data from CoinGecko.
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