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2022-10-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Billionaire founder of electric truck firm Nikola is found GUILTY of fraud after inflating value of firm to $3.3bn - briefly more than Ford - with litany of lies including rolling truck downhill to pretend it worked

Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton was convicted of charges he deceived investors with exaggerated claims about his company

Milton championed that his company was producing zero-emission, 18-wheel trucks that could run on cheap hydrogen

Prosecutors described Milton as a con man who lied to inflate his company's value to $3.3 billion and created promotion videos for non-existent trucks

They also said Milton sought first-time investors who he could easily dupe into believing his outlandish claims

Milton was freed on a $100 million bond, with a sentencing hearing set for 2023

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Yet another dicked-up 'green' company.

BTW, I seem to recall that Milton was arrested at the Phoenix airport, possibly/probably attempting to flee the country.

I hope the authorities have a leash on him and confiscated his passport. A $100 million bond for a billionaire...might be something he can afford to lose.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-10-15 15:38|| 2022-10-15 15:38|| Front Page Top

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