Brazil Seizes $3.3 Million From Musk Companies’ Accounts
- Transfer ends Starlink’s banking freeze in the country
- But social-media platform X remains banned by judicial order
Elon Musk
Photographer: Nathan Laine/BloombergBrazil withdrew 18.35 million reais ($3.3 million) from the bank accounts of Elon Musk’s X and Starlink to pay for fines imposed by the Supreme Court, continuing a dispute that’s led to the blackout of the billionaire’s social-media service in the country.
The court ordered the transfer of funds on Wednesday and the accounts have since been unfrozen, according to a statement from the judicial body released Friday.