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Famous short seller Andrew Left charged with stock manipulation scheme

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The DOJ and SEC claim Left defrauded his followers by publishing false and misleading statements about his stock trading recommendations.

US authorities have charged well-known activist short seller Andrew Left and his fund Citron Capital, alleging he had for years manipulated the market and defrauded investors with misleading claims about his positions in multiple stocks

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and SEC said in their respective orders that Left used