The feared short-seller Andrew Left, 55, did everything he could to irritate the judge during the proceedings that concluded on June 1. She told him to be quiet twice and ordered some of his remarks struck from the record. Left also showed up late on the day of the verdict. In the end, he had to listen as the jury found him guilty of market manipulation for secretly trading against his own reports. The circus backfired. The defeat was as painful for Left — dubbed the “Bounty Hunter of Wall Street” — as it was for the entire short-selling community, which now faces a stark warning.
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