r/WallStreetBets is wrong about a lot of things, but they were 100% about the GameStop short squeeze – and Citron Research’s role in stock manipulation.
At the time, the mainstream news dismissed them as a bunch of conspiracy theorists.
But now short seller Andrew Left of Citron Research has been charged with 17 counts of securities fraud. He’s alleged to be involved in a massive bait-and-switch scheme to manipulate stock market prices.
He now faces 25 years in prison.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-left-citron-research-charged-stock-manipulation-scheme-sec-doj/