Electric automotive maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with French Minister for the Economy and Funds Bruno Le Maire on the sidelines of the sixth edition of the “Select France” Summit on the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris on May 15, 2023.
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The U.S. Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Tesla CEO Elon Musk in search of documents as a part of that government’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over sex trafficking by the bank’s longtime customer Jeffrey Epstein, a court filing revealed Monday.
That filing said the Virgin Islands has tried since late April to serve Musk with the subpoena, which was issued because Epstein “could have referred or attempted to refer” Musk as a client to JPMorgan.
The USVI hired an investigative firm to attempt to locate an address from Musk, and in addition contacted certainly one of the CEO’s lawyers, who prior to now has waived the requirement of him being personally served with legal documents in past federal cases, in line with the filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
“The Government contacted Mr. Musk’s counsel via email to ask if he could be authorized to simply accept service on Mr. Musk’s behalf on this matter but didn’t receive a response confirming or denying his authority,” the filing said.
The Virgin Islands asked Judge Jed Rakoff to authorize the federal government to serve Musk with the subpoena through so-called alternative service, which may includes taking out an commercial alerting him to legal the demand for documents.
CNBC has reached out to request comment from Musk, who along with being CEO of Tesla is head of SpaceX and Twitter CEO by e-mail.
– Additional reporting by CNBC’s Lora Kolodny
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