Obscure Chinese Stock Scams Dupe American Investors by the Thousands
The Justice Department is making a push to disrupt the schemes, which use social media to find buyers for risky stocks
Updated ET
Braden Lindstrom had only dabbled in investing when he was encouraged by someone impersonating a financial adviser to buy shares in a small Chinese company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. A few clicks later, he was on his way to being scammed out of $80,000.
Lindstrom, a college professor in Utah, invested in Jayud Global Logistics JYD 2.07%, a small Chinese shipping company whose price rose for months, then crashed 96%, just after Americans like him were told to buy it. Wall Street veterans say the pattern has been repeated dozens of times in recent years, and feeds on tiny Chinese stocks that are vulnerable to manipulation and easily bought by U.S. investors.
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