Justin Sun is asking the court to impose $263,821.20 in sanctions on World Liberty Financial and its lawyers, accusing the company of a misleading disclosure about its ownership in a dispute over his $45 million WLFI token investment. According to the filing, World Liberty first listed Florida as its sole citizenship, then nearly three months later amended the disclosure to identify 22 individuals and entities in its ownership chain, including parties in the UAE. The amendment came six days after a federal judge questioned the company's bid to move Sun's claims into arbitration. World Liberty later argued that its UAE citizenship deprived the federal court of jurisdiction, while Sun said he plans to refile in California state court once the sanctions motion is resolved, with a hearing set for Dec. 10.
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