The SEC is not trying to protect current investors but future investors, it's too late for current investors.
The suspension is an automatic process once started is automatically removed regardless of whether the company can or cannot prove their innocence. The SEC has already done an investigation and found "cause" to suspend.
"But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day."
-Deuteronomy 8:18