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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·米尔顿对投资者撒谎</blockquote>
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed related civil charges.</p><p><blockquote>每项刑事罪名最高可判处20年或25年监禁。美国证券交易委员会提出了相关民事指控。</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>“米尔顿的律师马克-穆卡西（Marc Mukasey）在一封电子邮件中说：”特雷弗是无辜的。“没有欺诈行为。我们已准备好在审判中与此案抗争”。</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>尼古拉没有被起诉。该公司在一份声明中表示，已与政府合作，今年将重点交付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下降，他于 2014 年创立了总部位于凤凰城的 Nikola，并担任首席执行官，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公司执行主席的职务，两周前，卖空者兴登堡研究公司（Hindenburg Research）将该公司称为 “骗局 ”，并称该公司对其技术发表了许多误导性言论。</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>检察官说，米尔顿的不当言论包括尼古拉 “从零开始 ”制造了一辆电动和氢动力 “獾 ”皮卡，在内部开发了他知道电池是从其他地方购买的，并在早期成功制造了一辆他知道行不通的 “尼古拉一号 ”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>施特劳斯说，尼古拉一号最接近驾驶的是公司工程师将一辆原型车滚下山坡，以便拍摄商业广告。</blockquote></p><p> The indictment said Milton also became preoccupied with keeping Nikola’s stock price high.</p><p><blockquote>起诉书称，米尔顿还一心想着让尼古拉的股价保持高位。</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>报告称，2020 年 3 月 2 日，也就是尼古拉透露将上市的前一天，米尔顿给一位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。这就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称，米尔顿的目标是他称之为 “罗宾汉投资者 ”的普通投资者，将自己描绘成一个 “不同 ”类型的首席执行官，他会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>“美国证券交易委员会执法主管古比尔-格雷瓦尔（Gurbir Grewal）在新闻发布会上说：”企业高管不能在不考虑联邦证券法的情况下在社交媒体上随心所欲。</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>检察官称，在宣布有关獾的消息后不久，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，但米尔顿仍身价 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>两家公司的名字都源自尼古拉-特斯拉（Nikola Musk），他是一位发明家，工作包括电力，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆-马斯克（Elon Musk）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，马斯克和特斯拉各同意支付2000万美元的民事罚款，以解决美国证券交易委员会对马斯克一条推文的指控。</blockquote></p><p> ACCOUNTABILITY</p><p><blockquote>问责制</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>尼古拉最初否认了兴登堡的指控，但在二月份表示，一家外部律师事务所的审查发现，米尔顿和该公司的陈述部分或完全错误。</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（Nathan Anderson）在一份声明中说：”我们赞扬监管机构采取了权宜之计，保护投资者，并追究米尔顿令人发指的谎言的责任。</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>兴登堡发布报告的两天前，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>两家公司去年 11 月重新调整了这种关系，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>斯蒂芬-吉尔斯基（Stephen Girsky）是通用汽车前副董事长，他曾负责管理与尼古拉合并的 SPAC，他接替米尔顿担任尼古拉的董事长。</blockquote></p><p> SPACs are a faster way than initial public offerings to take private companies public.</p><p><blockquote>SPAC是一种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劣质尽职调查，美国当局已经加强了对 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 Lordstown Motors Corp，了解其特殊目的收购公司 (SPAC) 的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>每项刑事罪名最高可判处20年或25年监禁。美国证券交易委员会提出了相关民事指控。</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>“米尔顿的律师马克-穆卡西（Marc Mukasey）在一封电子邮件中说：”特雷弗是无辜的。“没有欺诈行为。我们已准备好在审判中与此案抗争”。</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>尼古拉没有被起诉。该公司在一份声明中表示，已与政府合作，今年将重点交付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下降，他于 2014 年创立了总部位于凤凰城的 Nikola，并担任首席执行官，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公司执行主席的职务，两周前，卖空者兴登堡研究公司（Hindenburg Research）将该公司称为 “骗局 ”，并称该公司对其技术发表了许多误导性言论。</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>检察官说，米尔顿的不当言论包括尼古拉 “从零开始 ”制造了一辆电动和氢动力 “獾 ”皮卡，在内部开发了他知道电池是从其他地方购买的，并在早期成功制造了一辆他知道行不通的 “尼古拉一号 ”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>施特劳斯说，尼古拉一号最接近驾驶的是公司工程师将一辆原型车滚下山坡，以便拍摄商业广告。</blockquote></p><p> The indictment said Milton also became preoccupied with keeping Nikola’s stock price high.</p><p><blockquote>起诉书称，米尔顿还一心想着让尼古拉的股价保持高位。</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>报告称，2020 年 3 月 2 日，也就是尼古拉透露将上市的前一天，米尔顿给一位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。这就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称，米尔顿的目标是他称之为 “罗宾汉投资者 ”的普通投资者，将自己描绘成一个 “不同 ”类型的首席执行官，他会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>“美国证券交易委员会执法主管古比尔-格雷瓦尔（Gurbir Grewal）在新闻发布会上说：”企业高管不能在不考虑联邦证券法的情况下在社交媒体上随心所欲。</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>检察官称，在宣布有关獾的消息后不久，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，但米尔顿仍身价 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>两家公司的名字都源自尼古拉-特斯拉（Nikola Musk），他是一位发明家，工作包括电力，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆-马斯克（Elon Musk）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，马斯克和特斯拉各同意支付2000万美元的民事罚款，以解决美国证券交易委员会对马斯克一条推文的指控。</blockquote></p><p> ACCOUNTABILITY</p><p><blockquote>问责制</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>尼古拉最初否认了兴登堡的指控，但在二月份表示，一家外部律师事务所的审查发现，米尔顿和该公司的陈述部分或完全错误。</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（Nathan Anderson）在一份声明中说：”我们赞扬监管机构采取了权宜之计，保护投资者，并追究米尔顿令人发指的谎言的责任。</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>兴登堡发布报告的两天前，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>两家公司去年 11 月重新调整了这种关系，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>斯蒂芬-吉尔斯基（Stephen Girsky）是通用汽车前副董事长，他曾负责管理与尼古拉合并的 SPAC，他接替米尔顿担任尼古拉的董事长。</blockquote></p><p> SPACs are a faster way than initial public offerings to take private companies public.</p><p><blockquote>SPAC是一种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劣质尽职调查，美国当局已经加强了对 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 Lordstown Motors Corp，了解其特殊目的收购公司 (SPAC) 的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":851,"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,"subscribersOnly":false,"subscribersOnlyAccessible":false,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/808412378"}
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