A couple have been found out, but they were trading themselves and got caught. That is not permitted under the SEC regulations. Something is going on. . . They were drummed out of the business on both ends. Can't trade, can't write about it.
Sure,,,,it happens..but it’s hard to move a market on pure BS.
When a legitimate short seller report is published, often times people don’t pay enough attention to it because of the oft published BS opinion journalism.
It’s like the story of the boy who cried wolf.
The task is to know what is real.
It’s fairly easy to determine this. The real story usually has convincing evidence, either in document or video. The opinion pieces have none of this. it’s just someone’s opinion.
If the market moves as a result, it’s only because people agreed with the opinion. But in a real solid report, people often dismiss it. It’s a weird human failure...IMO. I have made that mistake, so I know what it can cost.
BTW, I am on every mailing list the SEC, FDIC, FDA, etc has.
I follow all the crooks and all the federal over-reach cases. There is a lot of both.
I can give you something interesting every single day of the week.
Today for example...
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2015/34-75519.pdf