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U.S. charges Nikola founder Trevor Milton with lying to investors<blockquote>美国指控尼古拉创始人特雷弗·米尔顿向投资者撒谎</blockquote>
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed related civil charges.</p><p><blockquote>每项刑事指控最高可判处20或25年监禁。美国证券交易委员会提出相关民事指控。</blockquote></p><p> “Trevor is innocent,” Milton’s lawyer Marc Mukasey said in an email. “There was no fraud. We’re ready to fight this case at trial.”</p><p><blockquote>“特雷弗是无辜的，”米尔顿的律师马克·穆凯西在一封电子邮件中说。“不存在欺诈行为。我们已经准备好在审判中打这场官司。”</blockquote></p><p> Nikola was not charged. It said in a statement it cooperated with the government and is focused on delivering Tre battery-electric trucks this year.</p><p><blockquote>尼古拉没有被指控。该公司在一份声明中表示，它与政府合作，今年的重点是交付Tre电池电动卡车。</blockquote></p><p> In afternoon trading, Nikola shares were down $1.43, or 10.1%, to $12.76, after falling as low as $12.60.</p><p><blockquote>下午交易中，Nikola股价下跌1.43美元，跌幅10.1%，至12.76美元，此前曾跌至12.60美元。</blockquote></p><p> WARY OF SHORT-SELLERS</p><p><blockquote>警惕卖空者</blockquote></p><p> The charges mark a steep downfall for Milton, who founded Phoenix-based Nikola in 2014 and was its CEO until June 2020, when it went public after merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.</p><p><blockquote>这些指控标志着米尔顿的急剧垮台，他于2014年创立了总部位于凤凰城的Nikola，并一直担任该公司的首席执行官，直到2020年6月该公司在与一家特殊目的收购公司(SPAC)合并后上市。</blockquote></p><p> Milton stepped down as Nikola’s executive chairman last September, two weeks after short-seller Hindenburg Research labeled the company a “fraud” and said it made many misleading statements about its technology.</p><p><blockquote>去年9月，米尔顿辞去了尼古拉执行董事长的职务，两周前，卖空者兴登堡研究公司将该公司称为“欺诈”，并表示该公司对其技术做出了许多误导性陈述。</blockquote></p><p> Prosecutors said Milton’s improper statements included that Nikola had built an electric- and hydrogen-powered “Badger” pickup from the “ground up,” developed batteries in-house that he knew it was purchasing elsewhere, and had early success in creating a “Nikola One” semi-truck he knew did not work.</p><p><blockquote>检察官表示，米尔顿的不当言论包括尼古拉“从头开始”制造了一款电动和氢动力“獾”皮卡，在内部开发了他知道是从其他地方购买的电池，并在制造“尼古拉一号”方面取得了早期成功。他知道不起作用的半挂卡车。</blockquote></p><p> Strauss said the closest the Nikola One ever came to driving was when company engineers rolled a prototype down a hill so it could be filmed for a commercial.</p><p><blockquote>施特劳斯表示，Nikola One最接近驾驶的一次是公司工程师将一辆原型车滚下山，以便拍摄广告。</blockquote></p><p> The indictment said Milton also became preoccupied with keeping Nikola’s stock price high.</p><p><blockquote>起诉书称，米尔顿还全神贯注于保持尼古拉的高股价。</blockquote></p><p> It said that on March 2, 2020, the day before Nikola revealed it would go public, Milton emailed a board member that “(we) need to make sure we are getting retail investors on our side. That is what prevents the stock short selling. This is super important to me.”</p><p><blockquote>它表示，2020年3月2日，也就是尼古拉透露将上市的前一天，米尔顿给一名董事会成员发了一封电子邮件，称“（我们）需要确保散户投资者站在我们这边。这是防止股票卖空的原因。这对我来说非常重要。”</blockquote></p><p> The SEC said Milton targeted ordinary investors he called “Robinhood investors,” portraying himself as a “different” type of CEO who would be forthright about his trailblazing company.</p><p><blockquote>美国证券交易委员会表示，米尔顿的目标是他称之为“罗宾汉投资者”的普通投资者，将自己描绘成一位“不同”类型的首席执行官，对自己的开创性公司直言不讳。</blockquote></p><p> “Corporate officers cannot say whatever they want on social media without regard for the federal securities laws,” SEC enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal said at the news conference.</p><p><blockquote>SEC执法负责人Gurbir Grewal在新闻发布会上表示：“如果不考虑联邦证券法，公司官员就不能在社交媒体上为所欲为。”</blockquote></p><p> Prosecutors said Milton’s Nikola stake was worth at least $8.5 billion soon after the announcements regarding the Badger.</p><p><blockquote>检察官表示，在有关獾的公告发布后不久，米尔顿持有的尼古拉股份价值至少85亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> Although Nikola’s share price has fallen more than 85% from its June 2020 peak, Milton is still worth $1.2 billion, Forbes magazine said on Thursday.</p><p><blockquote>《福布斯》杂志周四称，尽管尼古拉的股价较2020年6月的峰值下跌了85%以上，但米尔顿的身价仍为12亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> Tesla Inc is among Nikola’s rivals in the electric truck sector.</p><p><blockquote>特斯拉公司是尼古拉在电动卡车领域的竞争对手之一。</blockquote></p><p> Both companies’ names derive from Nikola Tesla, an inventor whose work included electric power, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now among the world’s richest people.</p><p><blockquote>这两家公司的名字都来自发明家尼古拉·特斯拉，他的工作包括电力，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克现在是世界上最富有的人之一。</blockquote></p><p> In 2018, Musk and Tesla each agreed to pay $20 million in civil fines to settle SEC charges over a Musk tweet.</p><p><blockquote>2018年，马斯克和特斯拉同意各支付2000万美元民事罚款，以和解SEC对马斯克推文的指控。</blockquote></p><p> ACCOUNTABILITY</p><p><blockquote>问责</blockquote></p><p> Nikola initially denied Hindenburg’s accusations, but in February said a review by an outside law firm uncovered statements by Milton and the company that were partially or completely wrong.</p><p><blockquote>尼古拉最初否认兴登堡的指控，但在二月份表示，一家外部律师事务所的审查发现米尔顿和该公司的声明部分或完全错误。</blockquote></p><p> “We commend regulators for acting expediently to protect investors and hold Milton accountable for his egregious lies,” Hindenburg founder Nathan Anderson said in a statement.</p><p><blockquote>兴登堡创始人内森·安德森在一份声明中表示：“我们赞扬监管机构迅速采取行动保护投资者，并追究米尔顿对其令人震惊的谎言的责任。”</blockquote></p><p> Hindenburg issued its report two days after General Motors Co agreed to supply batteries, chassis architecture, fuel cell systems and a factory for the Badger pickup, in exchange for an 11% Nikola stake and $700 million.</p><p><blockquote>兴登堡发布报告两天前，通用汽车公司同意为Badger皮卡提供电池、底盘架构、燃料电池系统和工厂，以换取Nikola 11%的股份和7亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> The companies reworked that relationship last November, eliminating the equity stake and plans to build the truck.</p><p><blockquote>去年11月，两家公司重新建立了这种关系，取消了股权并计划制造卡车。</blockquote></p><p> Stephen Girsky, a former GM vice chairman who ran the SPAC that merged with Nikola, replaced Milton as Nikola’s chairman.</p><p><blockquote>负责与尼古拉合并的SPAC的前通用汽车副主席斯蒂芬·吉尔斯基(Stephen Girsky)接替米尔顿担任尼古拉董事长。</blockquote></p><p> SPACs are a faster way than initial public offerings to take private companies public.</p><p><blockquote>SPAC是比首次公开募股更快的私营公司上市方式。</blockquote></p><p></p><p> But critics say the process is prone to conflicts of interest and shoddy due diligence, and U.S. authorities have stepped up their scrutiny of SPACs.</p><p><blockquote>但批评人士表示，这一过程容易出现利益冲突和尽职调查不力，美国当局加强了对SPAC的审查。</blockquote></p><p> Prosecutors and the SEC are also investigating electric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp, which went public last October, about the terms of its SPAC and its statements about vehicle pre-orders.</p><p><blockquote>检察官和美国证券交易委员会还在调查去年10月上市的电动皮卡制造商洛兹敦汽车公司(Lordstown Motors Corp)的SPAC条款及其有关车辆预购的声明。</blockquote></p><p></p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed related civil charges.</p><p><blockquote>每项刑事指控最高可判处20或25年监禁。美国证券交易委员会提出相关民事指控。</blockquote></p><p> “Trevor is innocent,” Milton’s lawyer Marc Mukasey said in an email. “There was no fraud. We’re ready to fight this case at trial.”</p><p><blockquote>“特雷弗是无辜的，”米尔顿的律师马克·穆凯西在一封电子邮件中说。“不存在欺诈行为。我们已经准备好在审判中打这场官司。”</blockquote></p><p> Nikola was not charged. It said in a statement it cooperated with the government and is focused on delivering Tre battery-electric trucks this year.</p><p><blockquote>尼古拉没有被指控。该公司在一份声明中表示，它与政府合作，今年的重点是交付Tre电池电动卡车。</blockquote></p><p> In afternoon trading, Nikola shares were down $1.43, or 10.1%, to $12.76, after falling as low as $12.60.</p><p><blockquote>下午交易中，Nikola股价下跌1.43美元，跌幅10.1%，至12.76美元，此前曾跌至12.60美元。</blockquote></p><p> WARY OF SHORT-SELLERS</p><p><blockquote>警惕卖空者</blockquote></p><p> The charges mark a steep downfall for Milton, who founded Phoenix-based Nikola in 2014 and was its CEO until June 2020, when it went public after merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.</p><p><blockquote>这些指控标志着米尔顿的急剧垮台，他于2014年创立了总部位于凤凰城的Nikola，并一直担任该公司的首席执行官，直到2020年6月该公司在与一家特殊目的收购公司(SPAC)合并后上市。</blockquote></p><p> Milton stepped down as Nikola’s executive chairman last September, two weeks after short-seller Hindenburg Research labeled the company a “fraud” and said it made many misleading statements about its technology.</p><p><blockquote>去年9月，米尔顿辞去了尼古拉执行董事长的职务，两周前，卖空者兴登堡研究公司将该公司称为“欺诈”，并表示该公司对其技术做出了许多误导性陈述。</blockquote></p><p> Prosecutors said Milton’s improper statements included that Nikola had built an electric- and hydrogen-powered “Badger” pickup from the “ground up,” developed batteries in-house that he knew it was purchasing elsewhere, and had early success in creating a “Nikola One” semi-truck he knew did not work.</p><p><blockquote>检察官表示，米尔顿的不当言论包括尼古拉“从头开始”制造了一款电动和氢动力“獾”皮卡，在内部开发了他知道是从其他地方购买的电池，并在制造“尼古拉一号”方面取得了早期成功。他知道不起作用的半挂卡车。</blockquote></p><p> Strauss said the closest the Nikola One ever came to driving was when company engineers rolled a prototype down a hill so it could be filmed for a commercial.</p><p><blockquote>施特劳斯表示，Nikola One最接近驾驶的一次是公司工程师将一辆原型车滚下山，以便拍摄广告。</blockquote></p><p> The indictment said Milton also became preoccupied with keeping Nikola’s stock price high.</p><p><blockquote>起诉书称，米尔顿还全神贯注于保持尼古拉的高股价。</blockquote></p><p> It said that on March 2, 2020, the day before Nikola revealed it would go public, Milton emailed a board member that “(we) need to make sure we are getting retail investors on our side. That is what prevents the stock short selling. This is super important to me.”</p><p><blockquote>它表示，2020年3月2日，也就是尼古拉透露将上市的前一天，米尔顿给一名董事会成员发了一封电子邮件，称“（我们）需要确保散户投资者站在我们这边。这是防止股票卖空的原因。这对我来说非常重要。”</blockquote></p><p> The SEC said Milton targeted ordinary investors he called “Robinhood investors,” portraying himself as a “different” type of CEO who would be forthright about his trailblazing company.</p><p><blockquote>美国证券交易委员会表示，米尔顿的目标是他称之为“罗宾汉投资者”的普通投资者，将自己描绘成一位“不同”类型的首席执行官，对自己的开创性公司直言不讳。</blockquote></p><p> “Corporate officers cannot say whatever they want on social media without regard for the federal securities laws,” SEC enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal said at the news conference.</p><p><blockquote>SEC执法负责人Gurbir Grewal在新闻发布会上表示：“如果不考虑联邦证券法，公司官员就不能在社交媒体上为所欲为。”</blockquote></p><p> Prosecutors said Milton’s Nikola stake was worth at least $8.5 billion soon after the announcements regarding the Badger.</p><p><blockquote>检察官表示，在有关獾的公告发布后不久，米尔顿持有的尼古拉股份价值至少85亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> Although Nikola’s share price has fallen more than 85% from its June 2020 peak, Milton is still worth $1.2 billion, Forbes magazine said on Thursday.</p><p><blockquote>《福布斯》杂志周四称，尽管尼古拉的股价较2020年6月的峰值下跌了85%以上，但米尔顿的身价仍为12亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> Tesla Inc is among Nikola’s rivals in the electric truck sector.</p><p><blockquote>特斯拉公司是尼古拉在电动卡车领域的竞争对手之一。</blockquote></p><p> Both companies’ names derive from Nikola Tesla, an inventor whose work included electric power, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now among the world’s richest people.</p><p><blockquote>这两家公司的名字都来自发明家尼古拉·特斯拉，他的工作包括电力，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克现在是世界上最富有的人之一。</blockquote></p><p> In 2018, Musk and Tesla each agreed to pay $20 million in civil fines to settle SEC charges over a Musk tweet.</p><p><blockquote>2018年，马斯克和特斯拉同意各支付2000万美元民事罚款，以和解SEC对马斯克推文的指控。</blockquote></p><p> ACCOUNTABILITY</p><p><blockquote>问责</blockquote></p><p> Nikola initially denied Hindenburg’s accusations, but in February said a review by an outside law firm uncovered statements by Milton and the company that were partially or completely wrong.</p><p><blockquote>尼古拉最初否认兴登堡的指控，但在二月份表示，一家外部律师事务所的审查发现米尔顿和该公司的声明部分或完全错误。</blockquote></p><p> “We commend regulators for acting expediently to protect investors and hold Milton accountable for his egregious lies,” Hindenburg founder Nathan Anderson said in a statement.</p><p><blockquote>兴登堡创始人内森·安德森在一份声明中表示：“我们赞扬监管机构迅速采取行动保护投资者，并追究米尔顿对其令人震惊的谎言的责任。”</blockquote></p><p> Hindenburg issued its report two days after General Motors Co agreed to supply batteries, chassis architecture, fuel cell systems and a factory for the Badger pickup, in exchange for an 11% Nikola stake and $700 million.</p><p><blockquote>兴登堡发布报告两天前，通用汽车公司同意为Badger皮卡提供电池、底盘架构、燃料电池系统和工厂，以换取Nikola 11%的股份和7亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> The companies reworked that relationship last November, eliminating the equity stake and plans to build the truck.</p><p><blockquote>去年11月，两家公司重新建立了这种关系，取消了股权并计划制造卡车。</blockquote></p><p> Stephen Girsky, a former GM vice chairman who ran the SPAC that merged with Nikola, replaced Milton as Nikola’s chairman.</p><p><blockquote>负责与尼古拉合并的SPAC的前通用汽车副主席斯蒂芬·吉尔斯基(Stephen Girsky)接替米尔顿担任尼古拉董事长。</blockquote></p><p> SPACs are a faster way than initial public offerings to take private companies public.</p><p><blockquote>SPAC是比首次公开募股更快的私营公司上市方式。</blockquote></p><p></p><p> But critics say the process is prone to conflicts of interest and shoddy due diligence, and U.S. authorities have stepped up their scrutiny of SPACs.</p><p><blockquote>但批评人士表示，这一过程容易出现利益冲突和尽职调查不力，美国当局加强了对SPAC的审查。</blockquote></p><p> Prosecutors and the SEC are also investigating electric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp, which went public last October, about the terms of its SPAC and its statements about vehicle pre-orders.</p><p><blockquote>检察官和美国证券交易委员会还在调查去年10月上市的电动皮卡制造商洛兹敦汽车公司(Lordstown Motors Corp)的SPAC条款及其有关车辆预购的声明。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/nikola-milton-indictment/update-9-u-s-charges-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-with-lying-to-investors-idUSL1N2P529W\">Reuters</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://www.reuters.com/article/nikola-milton-indictment/update-9-u-s-charges-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-with-lying-to-investors-idUSL1N2P529W","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1149988833","content_text":"NEW YORK (Reuters) -Trevor Milton, the billionaire founder and former chief executive of Nikola Corp, was criminally charged on Thursday with defrauding investors by lying to them about the electric- and hydrogen-powered truck maker.\nMilton, 39, pleaded not guilty at a hearing in Manhattan federal court to two counts of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud over statements he made from November 2019 to September 2020 about Nikola’s products and technology.\nAuthorities said Milton relied on a public relations blitz of social media posts as well as TV and podcast interviews to drive up Nikola’s stock price, become one of the world’s 100 richest people and “elevate” his stature as an entrepreneur.\n“Milton lied about nearly every aspect of the business,” U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss in Manhattan said at a news conference. “Today’s criminal charges against Milton are where the rubber meets the road.”\nA judge allowed Milton to go free on $100 million bond, partially secured by two homes that the Oakley, Utah, resident owns.\nEach criminal count carries a maximum prison term of 20 or 25 years. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed related civil charges.\n“Trevor is innocent,” Milton’s lawyer Marc Mukasey said in an email. “There was no fraud. We’re ready to fight this case at trial.”\nNikola was not charged. It said in a statement it cooperated with the government and is focused on delivering Tre battery-electric trucks this year.\nIn afternoon trading, Nikola shares were down $1.43, or 10.1%, to $12.76, after falling as low as $12.60.\nWARY OF SHORT-SELLERS\nThe charges mark a steep downfall for Milton, who founded Phoenix-based Nikola in 2014 and was its CEO until June 2020, when it went public after merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.\nMilton stepped down as Nikola’s executive chairman last September, two weeks after short-seller Hindenburg Research labeled the company a “fraud” and said it made many misleading statements about its technology.\nProsecutors said Milton’s improper statements included that Nikola had built an electric- and hydrogen-powered “Badger” pickup from the “ground up,” developed batteries in-house that he knew it was purchasing elsewhere, and had early success in creating a “Nikola One” semi-truck he knew did not work.\nStrauss said the closest the Nikola One ever came to driving was when company engineers rolled a prototype down a hill so it could be filmed for a commercial.\nThe indictment said Milton also became preoccupied with keeping Nikola’s stock price high.\nIt said that on March 2, 2020, the day before Nikola revealed it would go public, Milton emailed a board member that “(we) need to make sure we are getting retail investors on our side. That is what prevents the stock short selling. This is super important to me.”\nThe SEC said Milton targeted ordinary investors he called “Robinhood investors,” portraying himself as a “different” type of CEO who would be forthright about his trailblazing company.\n“Corporate officers cannot say whatever they want on social media without regard for the federal securities laws,” SEC enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal said at the news conference.\nProsecutors said Milton’s Nikola stake was worth at least $8.5 billion soon after the announcements regarding the Badger.\nAlthough Nikola’s share price has fallen more than 85% from its June 2020 peak, Milton is still worth $1.2 billion, Forbes magazine said on Thursday.\nTesla Inc is among Nikola’s rivals in the electric truck sector.\nBoth companies’ names derive from Nikola Tesla, an inventor whose work included electric power, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now among the world’s richest people.\nIn 2018, Musk and Tesla each agreed to pay $20 million in civil fines to settle SEC charges over a Musk tweet.\nACCOUNTABILITY\nNikola initially denied Hindenburg’s accusations, but in February said a review by an outside law firm uncovered statements by Milton and the company that were partially or completely wrong.\n“We commend regulators for acting expediently to protect investors and hold Milton accountable for his egregious lies,” Hindenburg founder Nathan Anderson said in a statement.\nHindenburg issued its report two days after General Motors Co agreed to supply batteries, chassis architecture, fuel cell systems and a factory for the Badger pickup, in exchange for an 11% Nikola stake and $700 million.\nThe companies reworked that relationship last November, eliminating the equity stake and plans to build the truck.\nStephen Girsky, a former GM vice chairman who ran the SPAC that merged with Nikola, replaced Milton as Nikola’s chairman.\nSPACs are a faster way than initial public offerings to take private companies public.\nBut critics say the process is prone to conflicts of interest and shoddy due diligence, and U.S. authorities have stepped up their scrutiny of SPACs.\nProsecutors and the SEC are also investigating electric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp, which went public last October, about the terms of its SPAC and its statements about vehicle pre-orders.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"NKLA":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":674,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":2,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/808412378"}
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