cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/15086231

  • Elon Musk accused of illegally selling $7.5 billion in Tesla stock in Q4 2022.
  • Lawsuit alleges Musk and board violated fiduciary duties by selling shares ahead of disappointing vehicle sales data.
  • Shareholder seeks disgorgement of $3 billion in illegal gains and damages from directors for reckless behavior.
  • TVgog56789@lemy.lolOPM
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    5 months ago

    You can’t stop promoters from trading their own stock but there are strict rules for them.

    They cannot make a trade based on insider information before it’s Public.

    • Neato@ttrpg.network
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      5 months ago

      Well clearly they can. They’ll always know things before they happen that will affect the stock price.

      • TVgog56789@lemy.lolOPM
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        5 months ago

        They have to eventually make that information public and SEC will track the large buy/sell order taken place before the information is public.

        So it’s pretty quick and easy to catch them if someone wants to.