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Fahmi Quadir: “Short Sellers are Always an Easy Boogeyman”
In an interview with ProMarket, short-seller Fahmi Quadir, who has shorted companies like Wirecard and Valeant, discussed the public perception of short-sellers and what...
Wirecard Scandal: When All Lines of Defense Against Corporate Fraud Fail
Scandals such as Wirecard can destroy investor trust in capital markets working fairly and with integrity. A new policy brief commissioned by the European...
Seven Reasons Why the Wirecard Fraud Matters
We now know that Wirecard was a massive fraud. The company—treated like a rock star by regulators and key players in finance—fabricated customers, invented...
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Bezos’ Phone, Musk Vs Short Sellers, and Boris Johnson
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
Who, us? Kill dissidents? Hack phones? Nooooo,...
“Short Sellers Don't Exist to Fix the Problems. They Exist to Shed Light on the Problems”
In an interview with ProMarket, Fahmi Quadir, the short seller whose bet against Valeant in 2015 helped expose the company's misdeeds, talks about short...
