FTX US and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried are under investigation by the Texas Securities and Exchange Commission. An additional statement from Texas regulators accompanies the Texas Attorney General's Office's opposition filed Oct. 14 to the sale of Voyager Digital assets to FTX.
The Texas Securities Commission and Texas Department of Banking have filed additional statements in the Voyager Digital lawsuit late Oct. 14 stating that the SSB is investigating FTX Trading and FTX US and Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried for allegedly offering securities unregistered in the United States.
FTX US won the auction of the remaining Voyager Digital assets on September 26th. The statement also disputed FTX's continued acquisition of Voyager assets during the investigation. Specifically, according to the complaint, Voyager Digital was not registered as a stock exchange in Texas and performed the transmission without a license.
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“FTX US should not be permitted to purchase the assets of the debtor unless or until the Securities Commissioner has an opportunity to determine whether FTX US is complying with the law.”
The event marks another expansion of enforcement agencies’ probes into crypto industry practices.
Despite facing investigation, Sam Bankman-Fried announced on Twitter on October 17 that the company has been registered by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Authority. Its subsidiary FZE received a Minimum Usable Product license in July.