Elon Musk under investigation by the American agency
that controls stock market operations (the SEC).
Under investigation the statements of the owner of Tesla, and the "take and leave" of the entrepreneur, in the long Twitter purchase negotiation.
Investigation on the performance of the shares of the social
network La Sec, the federal stock control agency had sent
Musk
a request for clarification on how he had moved with the shares of Twitter on 4 April.
The billionaire explained that he had acquired more than 9 percent, and then moved on to launch a public offering of $ 44 billion.
But
the attention of the authorities is on the trend of the share price
, also linked to the
public statements
and on social networks of the billionaire himself.
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The Twitter feed of the entrepreneur and billionaire owner of Tesla and Space X Elon Musk
Twitter lawyers: "To understand if there have been irregularities"
The lawyers of Twitter Inc. have asked the court of Delaware,
to have access to the exchange of emails between the entrepreneur and the federal authorities:
"Musk - the lawyers of the Potter Anderson Corroon Llp studio - is currently under investigation by federal authorities for the acquisition of Twitter. "
The application was filed on 6 October
but only emerged today.
Bloomberg
first broke the news
.
One of Musk's lawyers, Alex Spiro, called Twitter's request a "diversion".
A lawsuit is currently pending between the parties in the Delaware court.
The judge in charge of the case, Kathaleen McCormick, gave until October 28 to reach an agreement before proceeding.