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Tesla accused in lawsuit of firing worker to cover up copper theft

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May 24, 2021 04:07 PM

A former employee of Tesla Inc.’s massive battery plant outside of Reno, Nev., claims in a lawsuit that he was fired from his $18,000-a-month job because the company, and CEO Elon Musk, wanted to cover up rampant theft of copper wire at the site.

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