The trades that could bring down short-seller Andrew Left
July 26 (Reuters) -U.S. authorities filed criminal and civil charges against Andrew Left, a prominent face of the activist short-selling industry, alleging he had for years manipulated the market and defrauded investors with misleading claims about his trades.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice focused on how Left publicly represented his positions in high-profile stocks versus how he was really trading them, alleging he exploited his influence to manipulate the shares and reap quick profits.
Left declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
Here are the 23 companies that Left bet on, which the SEC listed in its complaint:
Company | Year |
Alibaba Group BABA.N | 2018 |
Snap SNAP.N | 2018 |
AbbVie ABBV.N | 2018 |
Cronos Group CRON.TO | 2018 |
IGC Pharma IGC.N, then called India Globalization Capital | 2018 |
Lifeist Wellness LFST.V, then called Namaste Technologies | 2018 |
PolarityTE | 2018 |
Tesla TSLA.O | 2018 |
Nvidia NVDA.O | 2018 |
Veeva Systems VEEV.N | 2018 |
X, then called Twitter | 2018 |
Meta META.O then called Facebook | 2018 |
Roku ROKU.O | 2019 |
Beyond Meat BYND.O | 2019 |
Invitae NVTAQ.PK | 2019 |
General Electric GE.N | 2019 |
Luckin Coffee LKNCY.PK | 2020 |
Inovio Pharmaceuticals INO.O | 2020 |
Novavax NVAX.O | 2020 |
American Airlines AAL.O | 2020 |
Palantir PLTR.N | 2020 |
Vuzix Corp VUZI.O | 2020 |
Spruce Power SPRU.N, then called XL Fleet | 2020 |
Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar
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