Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter disclosures, $1.5 million fine imposed
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- Reuters
- Published
- 2026-05-04
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- news report
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- https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-disclosures-15-million-fine-imposed-2026-05-04/
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
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Government and Oversight
Musk and the SEC: the 2018 'funding secured' penalties, the 2026 Twitter-disclosure settlement, and a $2.37 billion partisan estimate
Musk and Tesla each paid $20 million to settle the 2018 'funding secured' case; in 2026 a Musk trust paid $1.5 million to settle the SEC's Twitter-disclosure suit, approved despite the judge's 'significant misgivings'.