尼古拉（Nikola）的创始人特雷弗・米尔顿（Trevor Milton）因欺诈罪被判4年监禁，将被没收财产并处以100万美元罚款。米尔顿的谎言行为主要涉及夸大公司电动卡车技术的发展程度，特别是涉及一辆名为“One”的氢燃料卡车视频造假事件。他的欺骗行为导致许多散户投资者在尼古拉通过SPAC上市后蜂拥买入股票，推动股价飙升，一度将米尔顿推上了纸面亿万富豪的宝座。然而，这个谎言帝国最终被做空机构海因德堡研究（Hindenburg Research）的一份报告揭穿，报告曝光了尼古拉诸多问题，导致米尔顿黯然出局，公司也受到了美国证券交易委员会1.25亿美元的罚款。检察官原本要求判处米尔顿11年监禁，而他的最高刑期可达60年。
新闻翻译：
Nikola’s founder, Trevor Milton, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for fraud and will be fined $100 million. Milton’s lies involved exaggerating the company’s electric truck technology, especially the “One” hydrogen fuel truck video fraud case. His lies led many individual investors to buy shares of Nikola after its SPAC IPO, driving up the price and making Milton a billionaire on paper. However, the lie empire was eventually exposed by a report by short-selling firm Hindenburg Research, which exposed many issues with Nikola. As a result, Milton was forced out of the company and Nikola was fined $125 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The original prosecutor sought a sentence of up to 11 years in prison, with Milton’s maximum sentence potentially reaching 60 years.
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