DOJ investigates Elon Musk perks at Tesla – By Rebecca Bellan (Techcrunch) / Sept 19, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the personal benefits that Tesla may have provided its CEO Elon Musk since 2017 as part of a criminal probe that is also looking into the use of company funds to build a proposed glass house.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has also requested information about transactions between Tesla and other entities connected to Musk, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal that cites people familiar with the matter.
This revelation into the extent of federal scrutiny beyond the glass house — a secret project that has been described internally as house for Musk — indicates that prosecutors are pursuing potential criminal charges.
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