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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInNikola Whistle-Blower Made $600,000 Off Short Sale, Jury Told
A former Nikola Corp. contractor whose allegations of fraud at the electric truck maker helped spur a criminal investigation told a federal jury he made $600,000 off a short seller’s report on the company. Paul Lackey, an engineer at the electric-drive systems company EVDrive that did contract work for Nikola, was testifying under questioning by […]
SEC Charges Two College Professors in Naked Short Selling Scheme — SEC Press Release
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of college professors in Tallahassee, Fla., with perpetrating a complex naked short selling scheme for more than $400,000 in illicit profits. via SEC Charges Two College Professors in Naked Short Selling Scheme — SEC Press Release
SEC Orders More Than Two Dozen Hedge Funds to Produce Trading Information in Rumors Probe
The SEC has ordered more than two dozen hedge funds to hand over trading information as part of its effort to crack down on false rumors and abusive short selling, the WSJ reports this morning. In the order that went out to hedge funds dated September 22, the SEC reportedly referenced six financial institutions that […]
Diamond Hill Investment Group Says “No Thanks” to Short-Selling Ban
It is unclear what the upside to the company is in doing this, but via Dealbreaker we see what appears to be the first company to say “no thanks” to the SEC’s “no shorting” protection: NASDAQ issuer Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (DHIL) has voluntarily opted-out of NASDAQ’s list of Covered Securities under the SEC’s […]
Short Selling Prohibitions Quickly Spreading Internationally
First France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Canada, and the UK followed the US in banning all short-selling of financial stocks. Now other countries are following, including Australia, which took the ban even further over the weekend by announcing that it was banning short selling in all stocks — both financial and non-financial (other than existing hedge positions, […]
List of 799 Financial Firms Subject to SEC’s Sept. 18 Emergency Order
Below are the 799 financial firms that are listed (with ticker symbol) in the SEC’s Sept. 18, 2008 Emergency Order temporarily prohibiting short selling. The SEC’s Emergency Order also is available at the link below. Sept. 18, 2008 Emergency Order AAME ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP AANB ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCORP INC ABBC ABINGTON BANCORP INC PA […]
SEC Orders Temporary Halt to Short Selling of 799 Financial Companies
Sometime in the very early hours of Friday morning, the SEC issued an announcement that it has halted short selling of financial stocks effective immediately. The Commission stated that it was acting in concert with the U.K. Financial Services Authority, which took similar action yesterday. The action will apply to the securities of 799 financial […]
Harvey Pitt to Assist Alabama in Naked Short Selling Investigation
Harvey Pitt, former chairman of the SEC, was appointed Tuesday as a deputy attorney general for Alabama. According to the Press Register, Pitt has agreed to an unpaid position in which he will help Alabama investigate possible naked short selling abuses, and will focus on a case involving Montgomery-based Colonial BancGroup, which has seen its shares plummet under […]