Documented enforcement actions taken against entities the platform tracks — SEC civil settlements, DOJ public-corruption indictments, FEC matters, FTC consent decrees, OFAC designations, state attorneys general judgments. Every row has a primary-source URL to the agency release or court filing. The entries don't editorialise: the government took an action, here's what they said, here's where you can verify it.
The SEC filed civil charges in S.D.N.Y. alleging Musk violated federal securities law by failing to timely file a Schedule 13G/D when he crossed the 5% Twitter ownership threshold in March 2022, allegedly saving him at least $150 million by buying additional Twitter shares at depressed prices before the disclosure. Litigation pending.
Elon Musk agreed to step down as Tesla chairman and pay a $20 million penalty to settle SEC charges that he made false and misleading statements with his August 7, 2018 tweet that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private at $420 per share. Tesla agreed to pay an additional $20 million penalty for failing to have controls in place to oversee Musk's communications.
