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September 29, 2018

Tesla Inc., Elon Musk

Market Manipulation

SANCTION AMOUNT: $40000000

Defendants: Tesla Inc.
Elon Musk

Settlement of charges arising out of a tweet by Musk, CEO of Tesla, that he could take the company private at $420 per share — a substantial premium to its trading price at the time — and that funding for the transaction had been secured. The Commission alleged that Musk's tweet was misleading/false.

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