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When I called Citron Research’s Andrew Left on Tuesday afternoon, I thought I had the wrong number.
He’s been using a fake voice when he picks up calls these days because he says members of Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum have been calling him nonstop. They’ve set up a fake Tinder profile for the short seller, shown up at his guardhouse, and hacked Citron’s Twitter account, all over a GameStop call he made on Twitter on January 19, he told me.
“They’re harassing me however they can,” Left said. “This hasn’t happened before.”
Left has long been in the business of controversy, having published market commentary for 17 years that frequently accuses companies of fraud. And he’s been right before: according to Citron’s website, 50 companies covered by the company have been targets of regulatory intervention since 2001.