Published 6 months ago • Brazil • Updated 6 months ago

Elon Musk’s X pays US$5.2 million in Brazil fines to wrong bank account

Elon Musk’s X paid US$5.2 million in Brazil to settle a dispute but transferred the funds to the wrong account, according to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
X's lawyers claimed the payment was made correctly, but the court required redirecting the funds to the proper account to resume operations.
After paying the fines, X filed a request to restore services, and the prosecutor general will review this request once the payment issue is resolved.

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