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[โ€“] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think he's already been in trouble with the SEC over alleged Tesla stock manipulation (using Twitter to claim he was taking the company private at 420 a share or something), so maybe it could have become a real mess, so he decided to just go ahead with the deal.

He also manipulated crypto with his oversized influence through Twitter, though afaik the SEC can't do shit about that as crypto was (and still is) basically unregulated.

[โ€“] ungoogleable@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

One of the sanctions the SEC seeks for repeat offenders is a ban on serving as an officer of any public company.