Jury says Musk misled Twitter investors before 2022 buyout, Bloomberg News reports

Elon Musk attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22.

Elon Musk attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22. (Denis Balibouse, Reuters )


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SAN FRANCISCO — A jury has ​concluded Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors when ‌he disparaged the company in ⁠2022 ​in an ⁠effort to buy ‌the social ‌media platform for a lower ⁠price ⁠than his original $44 billion bid, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

Jurors in federal court in ‌San Francisco ​found on Friday that Musk intentionally misled Twitter shareholders when he tweeted the social media network, which was later ​renamed X, ‌had ‌too many ⁠fake accounts and tried to back out of the deal, ‌the report added.

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