Elon Musk is being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming he didn't disclose purchases of Twitter stock in 2022 immediately, allowing him to underpay.
Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the world's richest person of waiting too long to disclose in 2022 he had amassed a large stake in Twitter,
After boosting Donld Trump through extreme sycophancy, turning Twitter into the red-pilled X, and dousing the once-and-future president with $239 million in campaign contributions, Musk earned himself a starring role in Trump’s second administration. But he didn’t want to be a secretary of anything; rather, he wanted DOGE.
The U.S. SEC sued Elon Musk on Tuesday, claiming he committed securities fraud by buying shares of Twitter at "artificially low prices."
The SEC has sued billionaire X owner Elon Musk, alleging he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in 2022.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, which is responsible for enforcing laws against market manipulation, says the SpaceX and Tesla CEO ignored the deadline.
Musk's failure to report the shares helped keep prices low, saving him $150 million, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged.
The SEC sued Elon Musk in federal court on Tuesday for allegedly misleading shareholders when he bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Twitter stock in 2022.
The SEC alleges Elon Musk violated federal securities law by failing to disclose his more than 5% stake in Twitter on time.
The has SEC said that starting in April 2022, it authorized an investigation into whether any securities laws were broken in connection with Musk’s purchases of Twitter stock and his statements and SEC filings related to the company.
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.