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SEC sues Elon Musk, alleging failure to properly disclose Twitter ownership

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The SEC filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday .

The suit alleges he violated securities law by buying Twitter shares at "artificially low prices" Musk bought Twitter in 2022 for about $44 billion , later changing the name of the social network to X.

The SEC had been investigating whether Musk , or anyone else working with him, committed securities fraud.

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