Short Seller Andrew Left Says Hedge Fund Lied to SEC About Payment in Trading Probe

Andrew Left, the prominent short seller indicted by the US over trading tied to social media posts, is suing a Toronto-based hedge fund, alleging its executives lied to federal investigators...

By Tom Schoenberg · Bloomberg Markets

Andrew Left, the prominent short seller indicted by the US over trading tied to social media posts, is suing a Toronto-based hedge fund, alleging its executives lied to federal investigators about payments made to him in order to “save their own skins.”