U.S. regulator sues Elon Musk over late disclosure of Twitter stake

SEC says billionaire waited 11 days too long to disclose his purchase of shares

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Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022, before renaming it X. © Reuters

(Reuters) -- Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the world's richest person of waiting too long to disclose in 2022 he had amassed a large stake in Twitter, the social media company he later bought.

In a complaint filed in Washington federal court, the SEC said Musk violated federal securities law by waiting 11 days too long to disclose his initial purchase of 5% of Twitter's common shares.

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