The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit against Tron founder Justin Sun, saying that the case falls within the country's jurisdiction due to his "extensive travel" to the United States.

In the complaint, the SEC stated that Sun spent approximately 380 days in the United States over three years from 2017 to 2019, traveling to New York City, Boston, and San Francisco on business in 2019.

The SEC also noted that Sun lived in an apartment rented in the United States by Rainberry, one of the companies named in the lawsuit.

In March 2023, the SEC accused Sun and his "wholly owned" companies Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Limited, and Rainberry Inc of offering unregistered securities in the form of Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) cryptocurrencies.

The lawsuit also accused Sun and his companies of manipulating the secondary market for TRX through "numerous wash trades."

The SEC also accused Sun of orchestrating a scheme to pay celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paula and Soulja Boy to promote TRX and BTT without disclosing their compensation.

Sun has vigorously denied the allegations, calling the SEC’s lawsuit “the latest example of its actions against prominent players in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space” and arguing that its case “lacks merit.” 

Last month, Sun and the Tron Foundation filed to dismiss the SEC’s lawsuit, claiming that the SEC exceeded its jurisdiction and sought to “expand U.S. securities laws to primarily cover foreign conduct” and act as a “global regulator.”#SEC诉讼