Oil exec accused of impersonating Elon Musk to steal Tesla's company secrets

Todd Katz objected to the impersonation suit, saying his email was 'preposterous and grammatically deficient' and that his impression wasn't credible

An oil executive accused of impersonating Elon Musk in an email in an attempt to solicit company secrets from Tesla wants the lawsuit thrown out because he says his impersonation wasn't credible.

Todd Katz was the former chief financial officer of Quest Integrity, which provides services to oil and gas companies such as ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell.