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