The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued Tesla founder Elon Musk on charges of misleading investors when he suggested he would take his company private, reports Bloomberg.
The SEC is seeking to bar Musk from serving as an officer of a public company. Musk tweeted in August that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private at $420 per share, which the SEC called a "false and misleading" statement.
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