Coverage dated December 17, 2023 to December 18, 2023

4 years in prison for Nikola Corp founder for defrauding investors on claims of zero-emission trucks

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The founder of Nikola Corp. has been sentenced to four years in prison for his conviction for exaggerating claims about his company's production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks. Trevor Milton was

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  1. The Buffalo News

    4 years in prison for Nikola Corp founder for defrauding investors on claims of zero-emission trucks (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The founder of Nikola Corp. has been sentenced to four years in prison for his conviction for exaggerating claims about his company's production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks. Trevor Milton was

  2. NBC New York

    Nikola founder Trevor Milton to be sentenced for federal fraud charges (opens NBC New York)

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    Nikola founder Trevor Milton was found guilty in October 2022 on two counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud.

  3. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Founder of electric car company sentenced to 4 years for fraudulent claims (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Nikola founder Trevor Milton was sentenced to four years in prison Monday due to fraudulent claims about his electric vehicle company.

  4. Engadget

    Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to four years in prison (opens Engadget)

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    Trevor Milton, the disgraced founder of Nikola, was just sentenced to four years in prison on three counts of fraud. He was found guilty in 2022.

  5. CNN

    Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding investors (opens CNN)

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    Nikola founder Trevor Milton was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for lying to investors about the company’s technology.

  6. Forbes

    Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Gets Four Years In Prison For Lying To EV Startup Investors (opens Forbes)

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    Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola, was sentenced to four years in prison.

  7. FOX Business

    Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced 4 years for misleading investors (opens FOX Business)

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    Trevor Milton, the founder of electric truckmaker Nikola, has been sentenced to four years in prison after a jury found him guilty of misleading investors.

  8. Fortune

    Nikola founder who 'over and over' made false claims about his startup's electric trucks gets 4 years in prison (opens Fortune)

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    Trevor Milton was convicted of fraud charges after prosecutors portrayed him as a con man.

  9. New York Post

    Nikola founder Trevor Milton gets four years in prison for fraud (opens New York Post)

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    Prosecutors last week urged the judge to sentence Milton, 41, to around 11 years in prison – in line with the sentence Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes received last year.

  10. The Guardian

    Nikola founder sentenced to four years for lying about company’s electric cars (opens The Guardian)

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    Trevor Milton had requested probation after being found guilty of misrepresenting his company’s technology to investors

  11. Park Record

    Nikola founder, former Oakley resident Trevor Milton gets four years for fraud, must forfeit Utah ranch (opens Park Record)

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    Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola Corporation and a former Summit County resident, was sentenced Monday in federal court in New York City to four years in prison and ordered to forfeit property in Utah for defrauding investors in his electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicle company.

  12. Deseret News

    Utah native and Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton headed to prison after fraud conviction (opens Deseret News)

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    Milton sentenced to 4 years in prison and ordered to pay a $1 million fine for a series of false statements about innovations made by his electric semitruck company

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