I-U.S. I-Securities and Exchange Commission isiluqedile uphenyo lwayo lweminyaka emine mayelana nokuqalwa kwezimoto zikagesi iFaraday Future, umphumela ongavamile phakathi nokwehla okungokomlando kwezenzo zokuphoqelela ze-ejensi.
Imithombo emine ejwayelene nalolu daba itshele i-TechCrunch ukuthi i-SEC yazise inkampani kanye nabantu abathintekayo ngokuvalwa kwaleli sonto.. Ukuxoshwa akujwayelekile—a 2020 ucwaningo luthole ukuthi mayelana 85% kokuhlosiwe abathola a “Wells Isaziso” agcine esenkantolo ne-SEC. NgoJulayi odlule, Abasebenzi be-SEC babekhiphe isaziso esinjalo ku-Faraday Future kanye nomsunguli wayo u-Jia Yueting, ukuncoma isenzo sokuphoqelela.
Uphenyo belugxile ekutheni ngabe uFaraday Future wenza izitatimende ezingamanga nezidukisayo yini ngesikhathi lwayo 2021 Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-SPAC, kanye nezinsolo zalabo ababengabazili bezisebenzi zokuthi le nkampani yakhohlisa ukulethwa kwezimoto zayo ezisebenza ngogesi okokuqala. 2023. Ngesikhathi sophenyo, I-SEC ikhiphe ama-subpoena amaningi futhi yenza ukufakwa kwemali kubasebenzi bangaphambili kanye nabaphathi 2024 futhi 2025.
UFaraday Future esitatimendeni uthe usuzogxila ngokuphelele ekusetshenzisweni kwamasu. Umsunguli uJia Yueting waphawula ukuthi inkampani ichithe isikhathi esibalulekile, umzamo, kanye nemali kule minyaka emihlanu edlule isebenzisana nophenyo. I-SEC iphinde yaqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke ithathele izinyathelo noma yiziphi izikhulu zenkampani.
Isungulwe ku 2014, I-Faraday Future yake yabonwa njengento engaba khona “Umdlali we-Tesla.” Ngemuva kokubhekana nokushoda kwemali, inkinga yezikweletu yomsunguli wayo eChina, kanye nobudlelwano obuwile nomtshalizimali omkhulu u-Evergrande, inkampani yangena esidlangalaleni 2021. Nokho, uphenyo lwangaphakathi kamuva lwembula ukuthi abaphathi babebukele phansi ukulawula kukaJia phezu kwenkampani-okutholakele okwabelwana ne-SEC futhi ekugcineni kwaholela ekuphenyweni okubanzi kokulawula..
Nakuba i-SEC kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa manje sebeyivalile imibuzo yabo, I-Faraday Future iyaqhubeka nokubhekana nezinselele zokusebenza. NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule, inkampani ithole isexwayiso esivela ku-Nasdaq mayelana nokususa ohlwini okungase kube khona ngenxa yokuhweba kwentengo yesitoko ngaphansi kwe $1 ubuncane besidingo.