6. Trevor Milton
When you think about corporate corruption, you don’t typically think of the EV industry, but then you might remember the terrible mess that is Nikola. The scandal-ridden electric vehicles company has been having problems since at least 2020 when the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department opened an investigation into the company over allegations of securities fraud. The government ultimately concluded that Nikola’s CEO, Trevor Milton, was responsible for securities and wire fraud. Milton was ultimately sentenced to four years in prison.
