<story><title>Tesla Faces Criminal Probe Over Whether It Misstated Production Figures</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-faces-deepening-criminal-probe-over-whether-it-misstated-production-figures-1540576636</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nlowell</author><text>This twitter thread has some additional information from Wochos vs Tesla in which twelve different former employees told either Musk or Ahuja (CFO) that their production plans were impossible.
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<story><title>Tesla Faces Criminal Probe Over Whether It Misstated Production Figures</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-faces-deepening-criminal-probe-over-whether-it-misstated-production-figures-1540576636</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hn_throwaway_99</author><text>I think the title of the article slightly overstates what is being reported. &amp;quot;Misstated Production Figures&amp;quot; makes it sound as if Tesla lied about what it &lt;i&gt;had&lt;/i&gt; produced, as opposed to just giving unrealistically rosy projections.&lt;p&gt;I can definitely see how Musk&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;funding secured&amp;quot; tweet crossed the line into potentially criminal behavior, but honestly, I have a hard time seeing how overly optimistic projections can be criminal if there is even an iota of a possibility that they could be met, no matter how unlikely.</text></comment>