TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION .
A. The Tesla Matryoshka Doll of Nested, Interdependent Frauds.
B. The Plot Against PlainSite.
C. The “Tesla Files” Confirm The Suspicions of Critics, Including Plaintiff.
D. Litigation History.
FACTS COMMON TO ALL CLAIMS FOR RELIEF.
A. The Tesla “Autopilot” Fraud.
B. The Tesla “Full Self-Driving” Fraud.
C. The Tesla Vehicle Quality Fraud.
D. The Tesla Solar Fraud.
E. The Tesla Stock Inflation Fraud.
a. Accounting Fraud: Cash Balances. i. Earned Interest. ii. Cash Stuck in China. iii. Accounts Receivable. iv. Accounts Payable. v. Tax Evasion.
b. Accounting Fraud: “Deliveries”. i. No Actual Definition. ii. “Delivery Count New” Versus “Delivery Count Used” . iii. Multiple Undisclosed Dynamic Incorrect Methodologies . iv. Rushed Delivery of Defective Vehicles. v. Multiple “Deliveries” Per Vehicle . vi. Conflicted Overseas Auditors In The Dark. vii. Contradictions With Known Sales Metrics: New Vehicle Registrations and Google Invoices.
c. Accounting Fraud: Warranty Reserves and Goodwill Repairs.
d. Accounting Fraud: Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls.
e. Accounting Fraud: Lying In Public to Justify Revenue Recognition.
f. Accounting Fraud: Intentionally Underestimating Performance Metrics To Later Beat Them.
g. Overt Market Manipulation.
h. Broadcasting Propaganda on Social Media.
i. Fraudulent Price Targets.
j. Silencing Critics
i. Tesla Customer and Shareholder Omar Qazi Responds To A Tesla Model 3 Safety Issue On Elon Musk’s Behalf By Amplifying Dangerous Conspiracy Theories About Plaintiff
ii. Qazi Steps Up His Campaign of Criminal Harassment
iii. Omar Qazi Leads a Mob That Tries To Frame Plaintiff for Possession of Child Pornography
iv. Elon Musk Personally Participates In The Harassment Campaign.
v. Omar Qazi Targets Plaintiff’s Family for Further Harassment.
vi. Even With Omar Qazi Banned From Twitter, His Libel and Harassment Continues.
vii. The Tesla Cult Fractures, with Omar Qazi Scapegoating Plaintiff.
F. The “Hardcore Litigation” Fraud. TOLLING OF THE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF.
COUNT I Violations of Federal Civil RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962©). A. The Atlanteca Enterprise. B. Predicate Offenses. C. Pattern of Racketeering Activity
COUNT II Violations of Federal Civil RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962(a))
COUNT III Conspiracy to Violate Federal Civil RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962(d))
COUNT IV Securities Fraud (California Corporations Code §§ 25400, 25500)
COUNT V Securities Fraud (California Corporations Code §§ 25401, 25501)
COUNT VI Assistance Committing Securities Fraud (California Corporations Code §§ 25403, 25504.1, 25504.2)
COUNT VII Fraud
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT