Coverage dated March 22, 2023

Jack Dorsey's Block is the latest company targeted by a notorious short-seller

Headline from Fortune

Hindenburg Research, which brought down India's biggest company, accused Block of inflated metrics and enabling criminal activity.

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  1. Fortune

    Jack Dorsey's Block is the latest company targeted by a notorious short-seller (opens Fortune)

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    Hindenburg Research, which brought down India's biggest company, accused Block of inflated metrics and enabling criminal activity.

  2. FOX Business

    Short seller accuses Jack Dorsey's Block of facilitating fraud (opens FOX Business)

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    Following a two-year investigation, Hindenburg Research claims Block Inc. has taken advantage of the demographics by overstating its user numbers and understatong its customer acquisition costs.

  3. Quartz

    Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block is being accused of facilitating criminal activity (opens Quartz)

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    Hindenburg Research, a prolific short-seller, has claimed that Block, once known as Square, is committing widespread fraud

  4. CNN

    Short-seller Hindenburg targets Jack Dorsey's Block (opens CNN)

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    Shares of Block, the company behind Cash App, plunged by 20% Thursday morning after the release of a searing report from short-seller Hindenburg Research that accused Jack Dorsey's company of allowing fraudulent accounts that obscure criminals involved in illegal or illicit activities, including the…

  5. Observer

    Short Seller Hindenburg Targets Block, Jack Dorsey’s Fintech Company (opens Observer)

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    New York investment firm Hindenburg Research accuses Block of inflating user count, facilitating criminal activities and evading banking regulations in a new report.

  6. CBS News

    Jack Dorsey's Block engaged in fraud, influential short seller alleges (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Shares of the payment company, formerly known as Square, plunged after Hindenburg Research accused it of facilitating crimes.

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