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A U.S. District Court Judge, Robert J. Shelby, has ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must pay over $1.75 million in legal fees and costs in the Debt Box case. Judge Shelby found the SEC's conduct in the case concerning the cryptocurrency firm, Debt Box, to be misleading and in ...
A U.S. District Court Judge, Robert J. Shelby, has ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must pay over $1.75 million in legal fees and costs in the Debt Box case. Judge Shelby found the SEC's conduct in the case concerning the cryptocurrency firm, Debt Box, to be misleading and in bad faith. The ruling holds the SEC liable for $1 million in attorney fees and roughly $750,000 in receivership fees. The judge criticized the SEC's behavior in obtaining a temporary restraining order and an asset freeze against Debt Box, stating that the SEC engaged in bad faith conduct. This ruling has resulted in significant fallout within the SEC, including the resignation of involved officials and criticism of the SEC's regulatory approach towards digital assets.
According to Judge Shelby, the SEC should be held liable for $1 million for attorney fees and roughly $750,000 for receivership fees. The ruling also reflects the judge’s disdain for the SEC’s conduct in obtaining a TRO and an asset freeze against Debt Box last August based on misrepresentations. Initially, the SEC had charged Debt Box with a $50 million fraud and had stated that the firm had moved the money to other countries to conceal it. However, it was later established that the funds were transferred within the United States and not internationally as the SEC alleged.
Judge Shelby also criticized the actions of SEC attorney Michael Welsh and the SEC’s approach in this case. He said that the SEC not only made misstatements to the court but also never corrected them, opting instead to change the wording of their statements in order to continue to perpetuate the narrative they had created. This, Shelby argued, was a “gross abuse of the power entrusted to it by Congress” and it “substantially undermined the integrity of these proceedings."
These actions have caused significant impacts, especially to the SEC. In light of the earlier ruling by the judge, SEC officials Michael Welsh and Joseph Watkins, who were involved in the case, resigned in April. These resignations came in the wake of criticism of how they conducted the evidence and the general conduct of the case against Debt Box. Furthermore, the debate on this case also led to a discussion of the overall approach called ‘regulation by enforcement.’ According to the critics, this approach creates legal ambiguity that may harm innovative development and the United States’ position in the emerging market of digital assets.
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