Nikola sets aside $125M in potential SEC settlement
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-11-05T19:29:00
Electric semitruck startup Nikola has set aside $125 million for a potential settlement with the SEC regarding fraud allegations raised in a short-seller report in September 2020.
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