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by ZephyrBlu 1964 days ago
This seems like textbook naked shorting.

"Ordinarily, traders must borrow a stock, or determine that it can be borrowed, before they sell it short. So naked shorting refers to short pressure on a stock that may be larger than the tradable shares in the market"

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp