Elon Musk is rumored to be buying property near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home amid reports he has offered record $100m for Sydell Miller’s Penthouse
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Elon Musk is set to be become Palm Beach’s newest resident after the tech billionaire allegedly offered $100m to buy beauty mogul’s penthouse.
The Tesla CEO has been spending an increasing amount of time at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate since the President-elect’s victory with Musk even joining the Trump family there for Thanksgiving.
Now, Page Six is reporting that Musk is eyeing up a penthouse in The Bristol on the shores of West Palm Beach - just a short seven minute drive from Mar-a-Lago.
The luxurious 19,000sq apartment was owned by the late Sydell Miller who was a self-made beauty tycoon behind brands such as Ardell and Matrix Essentials.
Miller bought the penthouse, comprised of two apartments, for a record-breaking $42.56million in 2019.
But the lavish home could be about to break another retail record after Musk - who is the world’s richest man - allegedly offered to buy the property for an eye-watering $100million.
Palmer Palm Beach, a local media outlet in the area, reported rumours that Miller’s family are ‘mulling an offer from Elon Musk to sell the late beauty mogul’s majestic 19,000sq penthouse.’
It added that if the offer is accepted it will ‘break every West Palm Beach real estate record.’
However, despite the rumored offer, Musk’s main base of operations in the USA appears to still be Texas.
In July Musk announced that he would be moving the headquarters of SpaceX and X, formerly Twitter, to the Lone Star State.
X will be moved from San Francisco to Austin and SpaceX will be based at the company’s rocket launch site in Texas rather than Hawthorne.
This comes after Musk already moved the headquarters of Tesla to Austin from Palo Alto in 2021.
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Florida man accused of pocketing over $490K in presidential campaign website scheme
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An Orlando man was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday for allegedly operating political fundraising websites and keeping the money for himself.
Jason Pallante, 52, faces three charges of mail fraud and four charges of wire fraud, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release.
Authorities said Pallante operated the America Great PAC allegedly as a Super PAC, and created websites that looked like they supported presidential candidates during the presidential primary season.
The websites were reportedly designed to appear affiliated with a certain candidate or campaign, by using photos of the candidate, first-person language, and the same font as the campaign, officials said.
He also accepted checks from contributors made out to presidential candidates or their campaigns, officials said. None of the money raised from the websites supported the advertised presidential candidates.
Instead, authorities said Pallante used the money raised from the websites and paid himself more than $162,000 in 2023 and $334,000 in 2024, the news release stated.
If found guilty, Pallante could face up to 20 years in prison for each charge.