SEC charges influencers with $100 million Twitter and Discord fraud scheme
Eight social media influencers and self-proclaimed day traders were charged with fraud for promoting a $100 million "pump and dump" scheme.
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Eight social media influencers and self-proclaimed day traders were charged with fraud for promoting a $100 million "pump and dump" scheme.
The Department of Justice has indicted eight social media influencers for allegedly utilizing their wide reach to "pump and dump" securities at the cost of investors.
A complaint filed by the SEC stated that the influencers “bragged and laughed about making profits at the expense of their followers” in private chats.
Eight men have been charged over a $114 million stock manipulation scheme orchestrated through Discord and Twitter..
Zack Morris and seven other men are charged with what's known as a "pump and dump" scheme that made more than $114 million, the Justice Department said