NEW YORK (TNS) — A U.S. judge signed off on Elon Musk paying $1.5 million to end a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that accused him of cheating Twitter Inc. investors when he missed a deadline in 2022 to disclose his growing stake in the company.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s approval comes after she said in May that the deal raised “red flags” — including whether the world’s richest person was getting “special treatment” from the Trump administration.

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