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Original title Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, founder of electric carmaker Nikola, on three counts of fraud

Suggested title which does fit : Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola, on three counts of fraud

Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola fraud

I wondered why there is a superfluous comma in the title.

There isn't a superfluous comma, the two commas are use to delineate the relative clause "founder of electric carmaker Nikola".

There was a superfluous comma.

I could be mistaken, but I think it was a tongue-in-cheek reference to Nikola being a fraud all along. That is, Milton, the founder of the Nikola fraud.

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