Musk Accused of $7.5 Billion of Insider Trades in Investor Suit
- Investor claims Tesla CEO knew of production miss when selling
- The stock sale helped Musk buy Twitter, shareholder says
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Elon Musk had inside knowledge of a miss on production and delivery numbers that Tesla Inc. was facing when he sold more than $7.5 billion in stock in 2022, a shareholder in the electric vehicle maker claimed in a lawsuit.
Tesla’s chief executive officer had nonpublic information that Tesla would miss the fourth-quarter targets that year when he sold the shares, Tesla investor Michael Perry alleged in the suit, filed Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court.