4-4-2025 – Within the contentious SEC-Ripple legal dispute, a peculiar intervention has emerged from an unexpected quarter: Justin W. Keener, himself a target of previous SEC enforcement action, has lodged an emergency missive with the Southern District of New York court.
The document, registered as Document 981 under Case 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN on 3 April, presents rather extraordinary assertions. Keener, who maintains no formal connection to the proceedings, professes to possess what he terms “decisive evidence” concerning physical investment contracts—though the relevance to Ripple’s defence remains thoroughly obscure.
🚨NEW: An odd filing just now in the @SECGov vs. @Ripple docket — an emergency request to “present decisive evidence in favor of the defendants and in favor of liberty for the American people.”
The letter, from a man named Justin W. Keener, doesn’t make clear what the so-called… pic.twitter.com/AQSDFIW6gi
— Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) April 3, 2025
Most striking is Keener’s own legal entanglement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Court records reveal he was previously compelled to remit more than $10 million in penalties for operating as an unregistered penny stock dealer, casting considerable doubt on his credibility in this intervention.
His submission, linked to a website called “TheHoweyTest.com”, arrived via the Pro Se Office—a facility enabling individuals to submit court documents without legal representation. In notably dramatic language, Keener declared his possession of “data and information central to 10 years of nightmarish chaos thrust upon unsuspecting Americans”, suggesting his evidence could prove invaluable to both the defendants and the broader cryptocurrency sector.
The submission has thus far elicited no formal response from either the SEC or Ripple Labs. Whether the court shall afford any weight to these rather extraordinary claims remains to be seen, particularly given the source’s questionable standing.