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Elon Musk probed in US over stock trades: report

Elon Musk and his brother reportedly face a US probe over stock trades last year

NEW YORK: US market regulators are probing whether Tesla boss Elon Musk and his brother violated insider trading rules in connection with whopping share sales last year, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly launched its probe after Kimbal Musk sold $108 million in Tesla stock last year, just a day before a significant drop in the electric car maker’s share price.

Tesla stock value fell sharply after Elon Musk posted a Twitter poll asking whether he should sell 10% of his stake in the company.

The probe is looking into whether Elon Musk told his brother, also a member of the Tesla board of directors, that he would post the tweet and whether Kimbal Musk then traded, the…

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