[ivanhoe]

And then you get charged for fraud, SEC doesn't take these things lightly... with this much public attention you'd have to be crazy to try to pull of a scam like that hoping to get the money without showing any proofs to the claims...

[bduerst]

SEC only fines short and distorts if the information being shared is proven false. Hyperbole isn't fined.

[robrenaud]

Do you believe that these anti-GE claims aren't credible?

[garmaine]

I don’t know enough to comment on that, but the point is that so long as they are based on a shred of truth, even if over emphasized, it is hyperbole not fraud.

[bduerst]

Precisely. Short sellers can't spread deliberate, provably-false information, but the SEC doesn't care about exaggeration.

[jcranberry]

Might as well go to the SEC's offices and beg them to fine you.