"Tesla Sues Oil Industry Exec It Says Pretended To Be Elon Musk To Gain Secrets"
From Forbes:
As if figuring out what caused a SpaceX rocket to explode, pulling
off a merger with SolarCity and raising funds to complete a host of
ambitious Tesla Motors projects weren’t enough, Elon Musk appears to have yet another matter to resolve.
Tesla is suing an executive of an oil pipeline services company,
claiming that he tried to impersonate Musk in an email message. His
goal, the company claims, was to gain non-public financial information
from the electric-car maker after its most recent earnings announcement.
The complaint was filed today in the Superior Court of Santa Clara
County against Todd Katz, identified in the suit as chief financial
officer for Quest Integrity Group, a Seattle-based company that provides
services for oil and gas companies including BP,
Chevron and ExxonMobil. The suit seeks unspecified financial
compensation for the alleged actions.
On Aug. 3, 2016, Jason Wheeler, Tesla’s CFO, received an email from
“elontesla@yahoo.com” seeking confidential financial projections and car
pre-order numbers beyond what was provided earlier that day during the
company’s earnings call with analysts, according to the suit. The
complaint says the email address is similar to one Musk has used in the
past and that it contained the following message:
why you so cautious w Q3/4 gm guidance on call? also what are your
thoughts on disclosing M3 res#? Pros/cons from ir pov? what is your best
guess as to where we actually come in on q3/4 deliverables. honest
guess? no bs. thx 4 hard work prepping 4 today
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