The Boston-area trader at the center of the past week’s frenzy over GameStop Corp., who also worked until last week as a broker, may face legal jeopardy for potential violations of federal rules governing brokers’ communications with the public, according to securities lawyers.
GameStop stock saga: OC hospital worker turns stimulus checks into $40,000
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Arya Hamzelou of Irvine is a VA hospital worker. His life is now changed. Some instinct told me to get 100 shares of Game stock instead of 50. Days later that s when like the huge increase happened and I m like Whoa and all of the sudden, I had to have a serious talk with my wife, he said.
After a huge surge in the price of GameStop, Hamzelou had turned his family s COVID relief checks from last summer and this winter into $40,000.
It wasn t all thanks to the GameStop surge. His portfolio of stocks is fairly diverse.