The SEC Is Investigating Elon And Kimbal Musk Over Possible Insider Trading
BY Sebastien Bell
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweets are once again getting him into trouble and this time his brother may have become mixed up in it, too, as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a trade Kimbal Musk made in 2021 to see if the brothers violated insider trading rules.
The probe revolves around Elon Musk’s tweets in early November that asked if he should sell 10 percent of his stake in Tesla. Specifically, the regulator is interested in what circumstances led Kimbal to sell nearly $109 million in shares just a day before the infamous tweet, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Insider trading laws prohibit employees and board members from trading based on information about the company that is not public. Whether or not Kimbal knew that his brother would be sending out a tweet that would send the value of Tesla tumbling will likely be at the center of this case.
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/02/the-sec-is-investigating-elon-and-kimbal-musk-over-possible-insider-trading/Elon is very reckless with his tweets for a CEO. His brother should have been very cautious of these rules.
