Your link doesn't support that assertion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_Research would be out of business if that business model was illegal. You can short all you like; you can't be deceptive/fraudulent about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_Research would be out of business if that business model was illegal. You can short all you like; you can't be deceptive/fraudulent about it.
Hindenburg compiles and releases information they believe to be truthful about a company, which they shorted beforehand in order to profit from the information.
What I am talking about is sending orders only to cause a certain reaction (e.g. by convincing momentum traders that there is momentum in a certain direction).