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RE: Arise Bank raided by SEC, Interview with J Rice Snr confirms.
Name them. Name every agent involved, here on the blockchain.
Name the prosecuter, name the judge; may their great grandchildren change their names to avoid the stink of it.
Some members of the Bitshares discord channel have raised doubts about whether the raid actually took place. So far, we only have Jared's account of it. I could find no other third party reporting from other sources when I googled it. One member on discord with knowledge of the US legal system has conducted paid searches of case files and has not found any reference to Arise Bank or Jared Rice in relation to this incident.
No local media has reported on the raid.
Jared is still free to speak (i.e. not in custody).
We shall wait to see if there are delays in case files being uploaded, but at the moment there is a lack of evidence. If names of those involved can be found that would at least provide evidence that the raid did in fact occur.
This may be corraborating evidence. Looked official to me. https://www.dob.texas.gov/public/uploads/files/Laws-Regulations/orders/2018-001.pdf
That looks like the old original cease and desist notice served to them on Jan 5, and which they responded to publicly here on Steem. According to this coindesk article, "since no submission was received, the department said the order is final and non-appealable".
So did AriseBank reply to Cease and Desist notice here, but not actually mail them a reply?
Certainly, the timeline of the end of the appeal period ending and AriseBank still using the word "bank" would be consistent with action being taken, but that document is not the required evidence we need to substantiate the claim of a raid.
Thanks for sharing the link to their public response. I had not seen it. There is some interesting reading out there.
Update: Case notes have now been unsealed and are available. See Discord channel.
It doesn't look good for Arise.
Will be interesting indeed to see how this develops.
There's a few names in the Radio Interview - we may have to wait for the official press release to get the full story.
I invested in the ICO because I believe in the vision. My focus is not on getting my funds back, but instead how a government can squash someone's acting out their vision which will do no physical harm to another, because, guns.
Interesting. The plot possibly thickens.