Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. government regulators charged eight social media influencers Wednesday in a $100 million fraud scheme in which they’re accused of promoting exchange-traded stocks, then selling their shares when prices rose.

Kim Kardashian agreed to pay the fine to settle civil charges over a post the reality TV star made on Instagram.

As part of the settlement, Kardashian will not promote any crypto asset securities for three years.

The brief says that a provision in the settlement requiring Musk to get prior approval before tweeting about the electric car company is an illegal “government-imposed muzzle on Mr. Musk’s speech before it is made.”

SEC charges 11 people in alleged $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme

Twitter sued Musk in Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to seek to hold him to the original agreement.

The SEC is investigating whether Digital World and Trump Media held substantial discussions before the special-purpose acquisition company went public last year, in violation of its SPAC status

Regulatory filings Monday reveal that Elon Musk, an outspoken critic of Twitter’s moderation policies, purchased a 9% stake of the company.

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr and his brother-in-law are under investigation for insider trading