(Bloomberg) -- Short seller Andrew Left asked a judge to throw out fraud charges over his social ... their stock up or down and make a quick profit. Left faces criminal and civil cases alleging ...

Short sellers make for easy villains. They root for stocks to fall, profit when companies struggle ... was charged with “massive fraud” by the SEC. The firm and its owner, Benjamin Borgers ...

Shares of AppLovin tumbled as much as 22% on Wednesday after a pair of short seller firms published reports on the tech company, alleging a variety of fraudulent and deceptive practices.