{"id":22961,"date":"2026-05-05T07:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-purchase-and-agrees-to-pay-1-5m-fine\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:37:32","slug":"elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-purchase-and-agrees-to-pay-1-5m-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-purchase-and-agrees-to-pay-1-5m-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter purchase and agrees to pay $1.5m fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Musk won\u2019t have to give up any money he allegedly saved from delaying disclosure of initial purchase of Twitter stock<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk settled the US Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s civil lawsuit accusing the world\u2019s richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of stock in Twitter, now known as X.<\/p>\n<p>A trust in Musk\u2019s name will pay a $1.5m civil penalty, without admitting wrongdoing. Musk won\u2019t have to give up any money he allegedly saved from the delay.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/04\/elon-musk-sec-twitter-x-lawsuit-fine\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/688ce5ba1138c8221ba4b1449a9b472b1639a2b9\/622_59_2899_2320\/master\/2899.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=18a192d2011709dfa94abf94e1e63a99\" title=\"Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter purchase and agrees to pay $1.5m fine\" \/>Musk won\u2019t have to give up any money he allegedly saved from delaying disclosure of initial purchase of Twitter stock<br \/>\nSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<br \/>\nElon Musk settled the US Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s civil lawsuit accusing the world\u2019s richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of stock in Twitter, now known as X.<br \/>\nA trust in Musk\u2019s name will pay a $1.5m civil penalty, without admitting wrongdoing. Musk won\u2019t have to give up any money he allegedly saved from the delay. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk won\u2019t have to give up any money he allegedly saved from delaying disclosure of initial purchase of Twitter stock Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Elon Musk settled the US Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s civil lawsuit accusing the world\u2019s richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-purchase-and-agrees-to-pay-1-5m-fine\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter purchase and agrees to pay $1.5m fine<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22961"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}