Nikola’s founder and former CEO, Trevor Milton, was discovered responsible on three counts of fraud in October of 2022.
Massimo Pinca | Reuters
Shares of electrical truck maker Nikola traded greater Tuesday afternoon after the corporate stated in a regulatory filing that its disgraced founder, Trevor Milton, has been ordered to pay the corporate about $165 million in damages.
Shares had been up about 9%.
Nikola stated that an arbitration panel in New York decided final week that Nikola was due the funds for “prices and damages arising from actions that had been the topic of presidency and regulatory investigations, together with the December 2021 Securities and Exchange Commission settlement and related civil penalty.”
Nikola agreed in December 2021 to pay the SEC $125 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors by deceptive them about its merchandise, technical capability and enterprise prospects.
Nikola stated in an announcement that it intends to search reimbursement for its attorneys’ charges as nicely.
Milton, who based Nikola in 2014 and served as its CEO and government chairman, resigned in September of 2020 after short-seller Hindenburg Research accused Nikola of creating false statements about its applied sciences so as to enhance its inventory and safe partnerships with main automakers.
Milton was found guilty in federal court last year on three counts of fraud associated to statements he made whereas main the corporate. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 28.
Nikola will report its third-quarter outcomes earlier than the U.S. markets open on Nov. 2.