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It will be interesting to see if anyone made money off of the false information and goes to jail because of it.

It will also be interesting to see if anyone made money off of it legally and doesn't go to jail. Probably a lot of lucky day traders.

For someone to sell the shares at $3 someone else had to buy them at that price.

It's not illegal to make money on the false info, but it is to post the false info in the first place. Was it accidental or deliberate? I guess we shall find out.

Although, at least the NASDAQ has a mechanism for canceling sales (for example if someone typo's on entering a price). Will they use that?

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