[(Title)]Tesla whistleblower alleges spying, theft and drug dealing at Gigafactory

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - An employee fired from Tesla Inc's Nevada battery factory filed a whistleblower complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, accusing the company of spying on employees, hiding  theft of raw materials and failing to act after learning that a Mexican cartel may be dealing drugs inside the plant, his attorney said on Thursday (Aug 16).

一名从特斯拉公司内华达电池厂被解雇的员工，他的律师周四( 8月16日)表示，他当事人向美国证券交易委员会提起了举报投诉，指控该公司监视员工，隐瞒原材料失窃，并在得知墨西哥卡特尔可能在工厂内贩毒后未采取行动。

A former member of Tesla's internal investigations team, Karl Hansen, filed a tips, complaints and referrals form to the SEC about the Gigafactory on Aug 9, Hansen's attorney Stuart Meissner said in a news release.

前员工卡尔·汉森（Karl Hansen）的律师斯图尔特·梅斯纳(Stuart Meissner)在新闻发布会上称，特斯拉内部调查小组前成员汉森已递交相关资料。

Whistleblowers can receive 10 per cent to 30 per cent of penalties the SEC collects.

举报者可以得到证交会所收罚款的10%至30%。

Tesla said it took the allegations that Hansen brought to the electric car maker seriously and investigated.

特斯拉说，该公司对汉森的指控进行了认真的调查。

"Some of his claims are outright false.

“他的一些说法完全不属实。

Others could not be corroborated," Tesla said in the statement.

其他人无法得到证实。

The SEC declined comment.

SEC拒绝置评。

The complaint sent to the SEC comes amid intense focus on the company and chief executive Elon Musk, whose  last week set off a scramble to determine whether he violated securities law in stating that funding for the deal was "secured."

向证交会提出的投诉发生在该公司和首席执行官马斯克受到强烈关注之际，马斯克上周引发一场争斗，以确定他是否违反了证券法，声称这笔交易的资金是“有担保的”。

Hansen alleged that Tesla, at the direction of Musk, installed surveillance equipment at the Gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada to eavesdrop on the personal cellphones of employees while at work, according to Meissner.

据Meissner称，Hansen称，Tesla在Musk方向在内华达州Reno外的Gigamakey安装了监视设备，以窃听员工上班时的个人手机。

Hansen also claims that Tesla did not disclose to investors that thieves stole US$37 million in copper and other raw materials during the first half of 2018, according to his attorney.

汉森还声称，特斯拉并没有向投资者披露，窃贼在2018年上半年偷走了3,700万美元的铜和其他原材料。

Hansen alleges Tesla failed to disclose that it received written notice from the US Drug Enforcement Administration about a Tesla employee possibly engaged in selling cocaine and crystal methamphetamine from the Nevada factory on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel, according to Meissner who did not release the whistleblower filing he said his client made to the SEC.

汉森声称特斯拉没有透露它收到美国缉毒署的书面通知，称特斯拉的一名员工可能代表墨西哥贩毒集团在内华达工厂销售可卡因和冰毒晶体，据迈斯纳说，他没有透露他的委托人向SEC提交的举报人档案。

Reuters could not reach Hansen for comment.

路透社无法联系到汉森(Hansen)置评。

Hansen alleges that he found ties between the Tesla employee and members of the cartel and urged Tesla to disclose that information to the DEA, his attorney said in the news release.

汉森声称，他发现Tesla雇员与卡特尔成员有联系，并敦促特斯拉向DEA透露这一信息，他的律师在新闻发布会上说。

The DEA said it does not notify non-law enforcement entities about investigations.

移民局称，没有向非执法实体通报调查情况。

"Notifying associates of a target of an investigation would likely derail enforcement efforts or compromise the investigation altogether," the agency said in a statement.

该机构在一份声明中表示：“通知相关人员调查目标可能会破坏执法努力，或者完全损害调查。”

Sheriff Gerald Antinoro of Storey County, where the Gigafactory is located, declined to comment on the allegations of drug dealing.

Gigay工厂所在的Storey县警长Gerald Antinoro拒绝就毒品交易指控发表评论。

The sheriff did say Tesla reported two thefts but did not disclose what was taken.

警长确实说特斯拉报告了两起盗窃案，但没有透露被捕情况。

"Tesla refused to do so and instead advised him that Tesla would hire 'outside vendors' to further investigate the issue," Meissner said in the news release.

梅斯纳在新闻发布会上说：“特斯拉拒绝这样做，而是建议特斯拉雇佣‘外部供应商’，进一步调查这个问题。”

Hansen was subject to retaliation and fired on July 16 after raising the issues internally, he said.

他说，汉森在内部提出问题后，受到报复，并于7月16日被解雇。

Hansen is the second Tesla employee to file a whistleblower complaint with the SEC.

汉森是泰斯拉第二名员工向证交会提交举报人投诉。

Martin Tripp, another former Gigafactory worker represented by Meissner, told the SEC that Tesla inflated the number of Model 3s being produced each week, that it used punctured batteries in its vehicles, and that it reused scrapped parts in vehicles "without regard to safety," according to his attorney.

马丁·特里普，另一位由迈斯纳代表的前Gigafactory工人，告诉美国证券交易委员会，特斯拉夸大了每周生产的3型汽车的数量，在汽车中使用了刺破的电池，并在汽车中重复使用报废的零件，据他的律师称，“不考虑安全”。

Tesla denies those claims.

特斯拉否认这些说法。

Tripp's tip to the SEC was filed after he was fired, sued by Tesla for hacking trade secrets and transferring internal documents to third parties.

Tripp给SEC的提示是在他被解雇、被特斯拉以窃取商业秘密和向第三方转让内部文件为由提出起诉之后提出的。

Musk, in a company-wide email, accused an unnamed Telsa employee of "quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations."

Musk在一封全公司的电子邮件中控告一名不知名的Telsa雇员“对我们业务的破坏非常广泛。”