London hedge fund uses dirty tricks

Friday, March 21, 2008

A dirty tricks unit in the U.K. was manipulating stocks by spreading false rumors and making huge profits from short-selling. Doug Krizner talks to Stephen Beard about the "trash and cash" operation that got them in trouble.

London Stock Exchange (Ben Stansall, AFP/Getty Images)

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