Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements

Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by beaconstudios on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:16PM (#18016521)

> So, anyone can get away with a crime if they're overstressed?

Are you putting words in my mouth on purpose? I'm not arguing that he shouldn't be investigated. I'm arguing that "trying to screw over short sellers" is not the only and "obvious" reason why he could have made the tweet.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by aslkdjaslkdj1 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:30PM (#18016677)

He then went and taunted short sellers on Twitter when the stock went up in response to his tweet.

Also I don't believe his intent matter for criminal liability in market manipulation.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by beaconstudios on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:36PM (#18016734)

> He then went and taunted short sellers on Twitter when the stock went up in response to his tweet.

Source? I legitimately haven't seen this.

> Also I don't believe his intent matter for criminal liability in market manipulation.

I'm not saying it does. Where did I say it does? I don't understand why I keep getting this response.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by phdp on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:48PM (#18016868)

He sent shorts to David Einhorn

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/elon-musk-ma...

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by metalsahu on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:36PM (#18017914)

It was a company, Chubbies, that sent short shorts to David Einhorn not Elon. https://insideevs.com/chubbies-sends-short-shorts-tesla-shor...

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by badwolf on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:54PM (#18020012)

Heh. That's actually kind of a chuckleworthy story. Thanks for that.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by aaomidi on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:23PM (#18016604)

Intent may not necessarily matter.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by beaconstudios on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:24PM (#18016610)

for the investigation, no it probably doesn't. But that's not what I'm arguing, and I don't see why people think it is.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by emodendroket on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:23PM (#18016601)

I know whenever I'm stressed I go post falsehoods on my public Twitter account to blow off some steam.

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