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Judge Approves $1.5 Million Penalty for Elon Musk in Twitter SEC Case

Judge Approves $1.5 Million Penalty for Elon Musk in Twitter SEC Case

BeInCryptoBeInCrypto2026/07/08 21:27
By:BeInCrypto
A federal judge has approved Elon Musks $1.5 million settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ending the case over his delayed disclosure of Twitter stock purchases in 2022. US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan signed off on the agreement on July 8 after warning she would not rubber-stamp the deal. Why the Judge Scrutinized the Musk SEC Settlement The SEC sued Musk in January 2025, according to the case docket. Its complaint said he crossed Twitters 5% ownership threshold on March 14, 2022, but disclosed his stake 11 days after the March 24 deadline. By then, Musk had quietly built a 9% position. Twitter shares jumped more than 27% once he disclosed, and the SEC claimed the delay saved him at least $150 million. Twitter (TWTR) Stock Performance in March 2022. Source: TradingView Sooknanan rejected Musks bid to dismiss the case in February. At a May 13 hearing, she questioned why his revocable trust would pay a penalty equal to 1% of those alleged savings, per Reuters. The SEC defended the deal in June as the product of nearly a year of negotiations, per Bloomberg. Its filing described the penalty as follows. The largest penalty the SEC has ever obtained in a case involving a standalone violation of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. What the Ruling Means for Musk Musks trust pays without admitting or denying the allegations, and the court dismissed the claims against him personally. He surrenders none of the alleged $150 million, the NYT reported. The outcome is softer than Musks 2018 clash with the regulator. That case, over his funding secured Tesla tweet, cost him and Tesla $20 million each and his board chairmanship. The ruling clears a legal overhang as investors weigh Musks SpaceX pay package and the companys Nasdaq-100 debut this week. Teslas recent stock rally and SpaceXs Bitcoin treasury moves keep his ventures in focus. The approval settles one of the last regulatory disputes from the $44 billion Twitter takeover. How firmly the SEC polices disclosure deadlines after accepting a 1% recovery is the open question.
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