SEC Sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit Thursday against Tesla CEO Elon Musk accusing him of securities fraud.

Kiichiro Sato / AP

Updated at 9:32 p.m. ET

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk, alleging securities fraud a month after he announced that he planned to take the publicly traded electric-car company private.

“Musk’s false and misleading public statements and omissions caused significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla’s stock and resulting harm to investors,” the lawsuit says.