Hex和Pulsechain Crypto Projects的创始人Richard Heart赢得了SEC的罕见法律胜利

在美国证券交易委员会的罕见法律失败中，该机构已正式撤销了针对理查德·舒勒（Richard Schueler）的欺诈案

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.

美国证券交易委员会已正式撤销了对Richard Schueler的欺诈案，Richard Schueler，也称为Richard Heart，是Crypto Projects Hex，Pulsechain和Pulsex的创始人。

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

在罕见的法律失败之后，该机构正在关闭案件。

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

今年早些时候，一名联邦法官驳回了SEC的最初申诉，并拒绝按照监管机构的要求进行进一步修改。

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.

美国证券交易委员会于4月21日通知了纽约东部地区法院，它不会修改其申诉，实际上将结束案件。

“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.

代表十六进制创始人的Kirk＆Ingram LLP的合伙人David Kirk说：“这使案件结束了。”

“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.”

“据我所知，这是针对加密货币行业参与者的唯一一项由联邦法官全部驳回的对参与者的执法行动。”

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

法院此前曾因2月份驳回了SEC的最初申诉，理由是缺乏管辖权。

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.

法官卡罗尔·巴格利·阿蒙（Carol Bagley Amon）指出，心脏的活动并未明确针对美国投资者，这对于SEC在加密案件中确立其权力至关重要。

“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.

“这是开源软件，加密货币和言论自由的胜利。在这种情况下，SEC实际上起诉了软件代码本身，声称这可能是一个人的改变，”X。Heart在X上发表。

“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.”

“这将为重要的开源和自由软件行业造成可怕的先例，并可能造成数十亿美元的损失，从而为大部分互联网和您的演讲提供动力。”

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.

最初解雇后，监管机构获得了修改投诉并调整其论点的机会。但是，尽管延长了，SEC并未在4月21日的延长截止日期之前修改投诉。

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最初于2023年7月提起诉讼，指责他的加密项目通过未注册的证券产品筹集了超过10亿美元。

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.

该机构还声称，对将项目的不和谐服务器关闭给美国成员的行动表明，试图逃避监管机构的管辖权。

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

SEC在其诉讼中声称，心脏的行动“对美国的投资者造成了重大财务和声誉损害”。

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未能确定心脏的行为，主要专注于将其项目推广到在线直接针对美国投资者的全球受众。

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.

阿蒙还说，关闭不和谐服务器与美国成员的访问是对美国证券交易委员会对项目运营缺乏管辖权的说法的回应。

“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月份的裁决中说：“委员会提起诉讼后，被告因缺乏主题管辖权而被解雇。法院批准了该动议，裁定该委员会未能充分指控被告的诉讼是针对美国的。”

“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.”

“在最广泛的阅读中，委员会的管辖权理论是，任何涉及我们在加密货币提供的活动，无论活动发生在世界范围的任何地方，都足以在美国建立管辖权。”

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

但是法官补充说，这种广泛的解释将在定义美国管辖权的边界时造成问题。

“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说：“接受对加密货币产品的个人管辖权的广泛看法将造成异常，并涌入法律景观，这是不容易包含的不整洁。”