Hex和Pulsechain Crypto Projects的創始人Richard Heart贏得了SEC的罕見法律勝利

在美國證券交易委員會的罕見法律失敗中，該機構已正式撤銷了針對理查德·舒勒（Richard Schueler）的欺詐案

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally dropped its fraud case against Richard Schueler, also known as Richard Heart, founder of the crypto projects HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX.

美國證券交易委員會已正式撤銷了對Richard Schueler的欺詐案，Richard Schueler，也稱為Richard Heart，是Crypto Projects Hex，Pulsechain和Pulsex的創始人。

The agency is shutting down the case after a rare legal defeat.

在罕見的法律失敗之後，該機構正在關閉案件。

Earlier this year, a federal judge dismissed the SEC’s initial complaint and declined to amend it further, as requested by the regulator.

今年早些時候，一名聯邦法官駁回了SEC的最初申訴，並拒絕按照監管機構的要求進行進一步修改。

The Eastern District Court of New York was notified by the SEC on April 21 that it would not amend its complaint, effectively closing the case.

美國證券交易委員會於4月21日通知了紐約東部地區法院，它不會修改其申訴，實際上將結束案件。

“That brings the case to an end with a complete victory for Mr. Heart,” said David Kirk, partner at Kirk & Ingram LLP, who represented the HEX founder.

代表十六進制創始人的Kirk＆Ingram LLP的合夥人David Kirk說：“這使案件結束了。”

“To my knowledge, this is the only SEC enforcement action against a participant in the cryptocurrency industry that was dismissed in its entirety by a federal judge.”

“據我所知，這是針對加密貨幣行業參與者的唯一一項由聯邦法官全部駁回的對參與者的執法行動。”

The court had previously dismissed the SEC’s initial complaint in February, citing a lack of jurisdiction.

法院此前曾因2月份駁回了SEC的最初申訴，理由是缺乏管轄權。

Judge Carol Bagley Amon noted that Heart’s activities were not clearly targeted at U.S. investors, which is crucial for the SEC to establish its authority in crypto cases.

法官卡羅爾·巴格利·阿蒙（Carol Bagley Amon）指出，心臟的活動並未明確針對美國投資者，這對於SEC在加密案件中確立其權力至關重要。

“This is a victory for open-source software, cryptocurrency, and free speech. The SEC actually sued software code itself in this case, claiming it could be an alter ego of a person,” Heart posted on X.

“這是開源軟件，加密貨幣和言論自由的勝利。在這種情況下，SEC實際上起訴了軟件代碼本身，聲稱這可能是一個人的改變，”X。 Heart在X上發表。

“This would have set a terrible precedent and caused perhaps multiple billions of dollars of damage to the vital open source and free software industry that powers most of the Internet and your speech on it.”

“這將為重要的開源和自由軟件行業造成可怕的先例，並可能造成數十億美元的損失，從而為大部分互聯網和您的演講提供動力。”

After the initial dismissal, the regulator was granted an opportunity to amend the complaint and adjust its arguments. However, despite an extension, the SEC did not amend the complaint by the extended deadline of April 21.

最初解僱後，監管機構獲得了修改投訴並調整其論點的機會。但是，儘管延長了，SEC並未在4月21日的延長截止日期之前修改投訴。

The SEC had originally filed suit in July 2023, accusing Heart of raising over $1 billion through unregistered securities offerings with his crypto projects.

SEC最初於2023年7月提起訴訟，指責他的加密項目通過未註冊的證券產品籌集了超過10億美元。

The agency also alleged that Heart’s actions in shutting down the projects’ Discord servers to U.S. members demonstrated an attempt to evade the regulator’s jurisdiction.

該機構還聲稱，對將項目的不和諧服務器關閉給美國成員的行動表明，試圖逃避監管機構的管轄權。

In its lawsuit, the SEC claimed that Heart’s actions caused "substantial financial and reputational harm to U.S. investors."

SEC在其訴訟中聲稱，心臟的行動“對美國的投資者造成了重大財務和聲譽損害”。

However, Judge Amon ruled that the SEC failed to establish how Heart’s actions, mainly focused on promoting his projects to a global audience online, directly targeted U.S. investors.

但是，法官阿蒙（Amon）裁定，SEC未能確定心臟的行為，主要專注於將其項目推廣到在線直接針對美國投資者的全球受眾。

Amon also said that shutting down the Discord servers’ access to U.S. members was a response to the SEC’s claims that it lacked jurisdiction over the projects’ operations.

阿蒙還說，關閉不和諧服務器與美國成員的訪問是對美國證券交易委員會對項目運營缺乏管轄權的說法的回應。

“After the Commission filed suit, Defendants moved to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The court granted the motion, finding that the Commission failed to sufficiently allege that Defendants’ actions were directed at the United States,” Amon said in her February ruling.

阿蒙（Amon）在2月份的裁決中說：“委員會提起訴訟後，被告因缺乏主題管轄權而被解僱。法院批准了該動議，裁定該委員會未能充分指控被告的訴訟是針對美國的。”

“In its broadest reading, the Commission’s theory of jurisdiction is that any activity that implicates U.S. persons in a cryptocurrency offering, wherever in the world that activity occurs, is sufficient to establish jurisdiction in the United States.”

“在最廣泛的閱讀中，委員會的管轄權理論是，任何涉及我們在加密貨幣提供的活動，無論活動發生在世界範圍的任何地方，都足以在美國建立管轄權。”

But the judge added that such a broad interpretation would create problems in defining the boundaries of U.S. jurisdiction.

但是法官補充說，這種廣泛的解釋將在定義美國管轄權的邊界時造成問題。

“Accepting such a broad view of personal jurisdiction over cryptocurrency offerings would create anomalies and pour into the legal landscape an untidiness not easily contained,” Amon said.

Amon說：“接受對加密貨幣產品的個人管轄權的廣泛看法將造成異常，並湧入法律景觀，這是不容易包含的不整潔。”