<body><p>STORY: Elon Musk has settled a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against him for a $1.5 million fine.</p><p>The suit accuses the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of shares in Twitter, now known as X.</p><p>Under the settlement disclosed Monday, a trust in Musk's name will pay the fine.</p><p>The Tesla chief did not admit wrongdoing, and won't have to give up any of the $150 million he allegedly saved from the delay.</p><p>Now the settlement requires approval by U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who in February rejected Musk's bid to dismiss the case.</p><p>The SEC declined to comment.</p><p>In its lawsuit, the regulator said Musk's 11-day delay in revealing his initial 5% Twitter stake let him buy more than $500 million of shares at artificially low prices, before he finally revealed a 9.2% stake.</p><p>Musk called the delay inadvertent, and accused the SEC of violating his free speech rights by targeting him.</p><p>The case is separate from a civil suit where a San Francisco jury in March held Musk liable for having defrauded Twitter shareholders after announcing the buyout.</p></body>
