Justin Sun said in a November 3, 2026 statement that his lawyers had sought sanctions against World Liberty Financial and its legal team over allegedly withheld UAE citizenship information. Sun filed a $45 million federal lawsuit on April 21, 2026, alleging fraud, breach of contract and the unlawful freezing of approximately 4 billion WLFI tokens. He says World Liberty blocked transfers, denied governance rights and threatened to permanently destroy the holdings through a token-burning mechanism. The ownership-disclosure dispute involves an initial filing listing only Florida citizenship and an August amendment identifying 22 members across Florida, Delaware, Puerto Rico and the UAE. World Liberty says its token-sale terms disclosed the freezing power, while Sun argues the terms were added after his purchase. The company separately sued Sun for defamation in Florida.