Mutongi weDunhu reUnited States, Robert Shelby, akapa yambiro kumagweta eSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC), achikurudzira kuti vangangotarisana nezvirango zvekutaura zvingangorasisa mukuita kwavo kwemutemo vachipokana neDigital Licensing Inc., inozivikanwawo seDEBT Box, a cryptocurrency kambani.
Iyi danho repamutemo, iro rakamhan'arirwa mudare remubatanidzwa muUtah, rakapomera DEBT Bhokisi rekunyengedza vanoisa mari nemamiriyoni makumi mashanu emadhora kuburikidza nekutengeswa kwezvibatiso zvisina kunyoreswa zvinonzi "marezinesi emanode." Mutongo waMutongi Shelby wakafumura kusawirirana kukuru munyaya yeSEC. Pakutanga, iyo SEC, inotungamirwa negweta Michael Welsh, yakagonesa dare kuti rimise midziyo yeDEBT Box nekutaura kuti kambani iyi yaitamira kuDubai kunzvenga mitemo yeUS. Zvakadaro, zvakazobuda pachena kuti mashoko aya akange asina kururama, sezvo pakange pasina kuvharwa maakaundi ekubhanga, uye mari yainzi yemadhora mazana manomwe nemakumi maviri ezviuru kumhiri kwemakungwa yaitove kutengeserana mudzimba.
Mutongi Shelby akaratidza kushushikana pamusoro pemafambiro emagweta eSEC, sekukanganisa chokwadi uye kukundikana kwevamwe nhengo dzechikwata kugadzirisa izvi zvisiri izvo zvinogona kunge zvakatyora mutemo wedare remubatanidzwa Rule 11 (b), izvo zvinoda kuti zvirevo zvechokwadi zvitsigirwe nehumbowo. Nekuda kweizvozvo, Shelby akabudisa "show cause order," achida kuti SEC ipe zvikonzero nei vasingafaniri kutarisana nechirango chezviito zvavo.
Kuwedzera kuoma kwenyaya yacho, mushumo kubva kuTRM Labs wakatsigira SEC's primary claim yekuti DEBT Box yakanyengedza vatengesi maererano nemigodhi migodhi. Mutongi wedziviriro haasati abudisa chirevo pamusoro penyaya iyi, uye SEC yakabvuma kurongeka, ichida kupindura mukati memavhiki maviri enguva yakatarwa neMutongi Shelby.