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by solumunus 814 days ago
They are highly incentivised to reveal genuine fraud and after following their reports for a few years they are incredibly good at it. In my opinion they’re definitely providing a net benefit.
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Textbook example is Nikola. I highly doubt any altruistic do-gooder would have unmasked that before the fraud sucked in even more investors and money.