Agency says he bought Twitter stock at 'artificially low prices' after failing to disclose stake
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk Tuesday, though the suit may not have a future after the agency -- and the country -- gets new leadership next week. The lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, accuses Musk of ignoring a deadline in early 2022 to disclose that he had amassed a stake of more than 5% in Twitter, Bloomberg reports. During the 11 days Musk was required to disclose ownership but failed to do so, "he spent more than $500 million purchasing additional shares of Twitter common stock," the lawsuit states. "Because Musk failed to timely disclose his beneficial ownership, he was able to make these purchases from the unsuspecting public at artificially low prices."