Analysis-Tesla's Musk may add to U.S. SEC ire with late report about Twitter stake


FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Did Elon Musk break U.S. securities laws again?

Former securities officials and professors said Tesla Inc's chief executive may have missed a key disclosure deadline and filed the wrong paperwork when he bought 9% of Twitter Inc, a platform regularly used by the outspoken billionaire. Securities and Exchange Commission regulators could use any shortfall to try to punish Musk more for other lapses, some believe.

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