Tesla Faces Deepening Criminal Probe Over Whether It Misstated Production Figures

FBI investigation follows company’s settlement of separate civil charges with SEC

A worker on the Model 3 assembly line at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., in June.

Photo: Brian Molyneaux for The Wall Street Journal

Tesla Inc., with a fresh civil fraud settlement now behind it, faces a new legal problem: a deepening criminal investigation.

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are examining whether Tesla misstated information about production of its Model 3 sedans and misled investors about the company’s business going back to early 2017, people familiar with the matter say.

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