Justice Dept arrests stock trader over their posts on TWITTER that pushed penny stocks!

Steven Gallagher, of Maumee, was charged Tuesday in New York federal court alleging he lied to over 70,000 Twitter followers to earn over $1 million illegally.

NEW YORK — An Ohio trader in penny stocks has been arrested on charges alleging he repeatedly lied to over 70,000 Twitter followers to earn over $1 million illegally in what authorities are calling a new twist on an old stock manipulation game.

www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/feds-ohio-stock-trader-fleeced-twitter-users-pump-dump-maumee-steven-gallagher/512-95aec0bd-a9a2-4979-a503-740b505c61e0

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-29/financial-twitter-beware-the-cops-are-on-to-you?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

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