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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

Musk settles lawsuit alleging he cheated Twitter shareholders out of millions

Elon Musk at a federal courthouse in Oakland - (Reuters)

Elon Musk has agreed to pay a civic penalty in order to settle a lawsuit alleging that he intentionally cheated Twitter shareholders out of millions of dollars.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil lawsuit accused the world’s richest person of waiting 11 days too long to disclose that he had passed the 5 per cent ownership threshold of Twitter during his purchase of the platform in 2022.

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