Lightspeed Commerce Inc T.LSPD

DOJ in US Launches Investigation on Short Selling

[PES2021]

BNNBBL just announced that the DOJ in the US is launching an investigation on short selling. Hopefully they uncover the organized fraud including the law firms.

[PES2021]

The DOJ is targeting Hedge Funds...launches extensive prob into short selling of research firms and others including banks.

[TheeRook]

Careful what U wish for.  The SEC is investigating many companies for fraud that were targets of short sellers.  Besides without shortsellers U do not get explosive short squeezes.     LSPD only went as high as it did because of the shorts. *Workhorse accused of fraud and is facing an SEC investigation Workhorse is the latest EV startup to become a target of short

[jboom70]

Problem is shorting is different now. Take a short position and hold it until you think it time to cover, I'm ok with that. Short and dump in the morning then cover in the afternoon, day after day. I'm not ok with. Also dumping shares at resistance levels on th 1 hr chart I'm not ok with.

[equityresearch]

Agreed. Based on news articles, “Government attorneys are trying to determine whether short sellers engaged in some form of deception -- say, by misleading the public about their financing of what appears to be independent research, violating confidentiality agreements with authors, or orchestrating stock plunges to panic shareholders and exacerbate selling.” Typical tricks used by short