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Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk laid into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission again on Tuesday, after it accused the Tesla Inc chief executive officer of violating the terms of a settlement last year of fraud charges against him.

In a filing on Monday, the SEC said that in a tweet on Feb. 19 Musk had broken a promise made last year to have his public statements vetted by the company`s board, part of the deal.

The regulator did not say what remedy it wanted the court to impose, but the commitment was part of a settlement that headed off demands from the SEC for Musk to resign as Tesla CEO, seen by investors in the company as a substantial risk to its future.

Musk, who initially on Monday accused the SEC of failing to read the company`s annual reports, followed up with another tweet in the early hours of Tuesday.

"Something is broken with SEC oversight," he wrote.

Shares of the electric carmaker dipped 2.6 percent to $291 in trading before the bell, signaling concern among investors that Musk had reopened his feud with the regulator.

The company`s only junk bond also dipped 0.75 points to a cash price of 87.75 in thin trading, still some way off last year`s lows.

"With Tesla/Musk settling with the SEC in October this black cloud was in the rear view mirror for the company," analysts from brokerage Wedbush said in a note to clients.

"This latest tweet (is) a wild card that could potentially bring this tornado of uncertainty back into the Tesla story until resolved."

J.P. Morgan Securities analyst Ryan Brinkman said that in a worst case scenario, the SEC could again seek Musk`s removal as CEO for violating the terms of the agreement and its shares could fall by a fifth, or more than $50, in value.

"It is difficult to judge the likelihood of the reappearance of this worst case scenario ... but on the other hand the current allegations seem much less serious (than last year`s)," Brinkman told clients in a note.

"If the SEC were to seek Mr. Musk`s removal (perhaps subject to yet another settlement), we believe the shares may approach the mid-$200 levels."

Thirteen of 32 Wall Street brokerages now rate the electric car company a "buy" or higher. Eight view it as a "hold" and 11 "sell" or lower, with a median PT of $327.50

Tesla`s general counsel Dane Butswinkas, hired as an outside counsel to help settle the case with the SEC, resigned a day after Musk made the tweet to which the new SEC case refers.

The tweet read: "Tesla made 0 cars in 2011, but will make around 500k in 2019," an inaccurate claim which the SEC said had not been pre-approved by the board and was disseminated to over 24 million people.

Musk corrected his tweet four hours later to say that the "annualized production rate" at year-end 2019 would probably be about 500,000, with deliveries expected to be about 400,000.

"While this tweet (after market hours) and the quick correction seem innocuous, the SEC isn`t likely to cut Musk any slack," said another analyst, Gene Munster from Loup Ventures.

"Musk`s unwillingness to follow the rules is part of what you have to be willing to accept as an investor in Tesla."

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Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2019
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