The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla’s CEO on Thursday for making “false and misleading” statements to investors. It’s asking a federal judge to prevent Musk from serving as an officer or a director of a public company, among other penalties.
The complaint hinges on a tweet Musk sent on August 7 about taking Tesla private.
“Am considering taking Tesla private at $420,” Musk said. “Funding secured.”
The SEC said he had not actually secured the funding.
“In truth and in fact, Musk had not even discussed, much less confirmed, key deal terms, including price, with any potential funding source,” the SEC said in its complaint.
That tweet, and subsequent tweets from Musk over the next three hours, caused “significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla’s stock,” as well as harm to investors, the SEC said. On the day of Musk’s tweet, Tesla’s stock shot up nearly 9%. It has declined substantially since then.
Tesla’s (TSLA) stock dropped more than 11% in after-hours trading Thursday.
Looks like they may actually go after him this time. Maybe…..
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/elon-musk-is-sued-by-securities-and-exchange-commission-docket-jml0ca0m
I love it when they eat their own.
The crony carnival barker may have outlived his usefulness.
Maybe he should use his “boring, next question” line on the SEC, maybe that will work, lol! This is like a 6th grader who has to explain to the fire department why he pulled the fire alarm, when there was no fire.
It’s likely he was that kid that pulled the alarm. ha ha ha. Some people never grow out of this crap….