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- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
After being sued by SEC, Musk says he wants US regulators to be punished.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk yesterday, alleging that he refuses to appear for testimony in an investigation into whether he violated federal law with his purchases of Twitter stock. The SEC asked a federal court to force Musk to testify “as required by the investigative subpoena.”
“The subpoena with which Musk failed to comply relates to an ongoing nonpublic investigation by the SEC regarding whether, among other things, Musk violated various provisions of the federal securities laws in connection with (1) his 2022 purchases of Twitter stock, and (2) his 2022 statements and SEC filings relating to Twitter,” the SEC alleged in its lawsuit in US District Court for the Northern District of California.
The SEC told the court it “seeks Musk’s testimony to obtain information not already in the SEC’s possession that is relevant to its lawful investigation. The SEC has followed all appropriate administrative steps required in seeking Musk’s testimony. In the face of Musk’s blatant refusal to comply with the SEC’s subpoena, the SEC now asks the Court to intervene and compel Musk’s compliance.”
The SEC began its investigation in April 2022 after Musk acquired a 9 percent stake in Twitter and failed to disclose it within 10 days as required under US law. A separate, ongoing class-action lawsuit alleges that Musk’s late disclosure caused investors to sell Twitter stock at artificially low prices. Musk’s stock purchases occurred shortly before he struck a deal to buy Twitter outright.
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Can he please go to jail?
Nah he just illegally manipulated the stock price of a company he bought to the tune of billions of dollars.
Not like he got a voter registration in the mail with his name on it and filled it out and dropped it off while technically not being allowed to vote. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/27/pamela-moses-voting-rights-mistake-jail
So barring any major crimes they likely won’t even need to warm up the wrist slappers, they’ll just send the head of the SEC to lick his shoes.
Had he stolen some chips from Circle K then he’d already be in jail.
True and if he tried that while black he would probably be dead.
My local news had a SHOCKING report about some dude who stole $6k in sneakers. I was reading it thinking,“That’s pennies compared to the Wall Street amoral fuckers who are ripping off the country.” Yet it’s common knowledge which criminal will end up with jail time.
Or get deported back to South Africa
Mo money,
mono punishments.
Guy who defrauds investors every day is mad that they want to investigate him for the fraud.
Such a little man.
To someone who’s always lived above the law, he must feel so persecuted. To people who’ve always lived under the law, this feels just ever so faintly of justice.
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I hope they decide to bring his ass back to court on all the alleged and proven fraud charges. It’s funny how it’s harassment for him, being asked to follow the law. What a total POS.
Straight out of the Trump playbook. Big surprise.
If they can send Martha Stewart to prison for some bullshit, surely they can send this idiot to prison.
Two problems with that hypothesis.
1: Millionaire vs Billionaire.
2: Woman vs Man.
Martha went on purpose for street cred, can’t change my mind
It’s funny because any of us mere peasants breaking the law would be harassed just the same if not more and encur a relatively much larger burden.
He’s basically crying he doesn’t have privilege with them anymore.
JAIL 👏 JAIL 👏
Too much faith in the general decency of people in our legal system.
