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by mr_data 3106 days ago
This happens all the time whenever there is a "craze". When marijuana companies were the craze, scammers who peddle stocks that sounded similar to high flying stocks.

It happens during big IPOs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-08/mistaken-...

It's pretty much a non-story but bloomberg has to make money with clickbait.