Adani's conglomerate shed more than US$100 billion in value earlier this year after a US short-seller investment firm made explosive allegations of accounting fraud, which the Indian company dismissed as an organised "smear campaign".

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/india-targeting-high-profile-journalists-spyware-amnesty-4014211?cid=cna_flip_070214

“Once these things (short-seller attacks) begin there are others who could be looking,” said Amit Tandon, managing director of proxy and governance firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) in India.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/384794/hindenburg-bet-against-indias-adani-puzzles-rival-u-s-short-sellers

That appears to be what happened to a man named Andrew Left, a short-seller of some note.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/how-whistleblower-andrew-left-became-the-villain-of-the-meme-stock-market-craze/

The boss of Darktrace has snapped up £100,000 of shares in the tech firm, in a vote of confidence following a short-seller attack earlier this week.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-11711031/Darktrace-boss-snaps-shares-sell-off.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The FPO sailed through despite a scathing report by US-based short-seller, Hindenburg, that pummeled stocks in Adani group companies.

Source: https://pragativadi.com/interest-of-investors-paramount-gautam-adani-after-calling-off-fpo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interest-of-investors-paramount-gautam-adani-after-calling-off-fpo

The huge conglomerate was accused of decades of "brazen" stock manipulation and accounting fraud by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research earlier this year.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65074804?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

"These rating actions follow the significant and rapid decline in the market equity values of the Adani Group companies following the recent release of a report from a short-seller highlighting governance concerns in the Group," it said.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/business/moodys-cuts-rating-outlook-on-4-adani-group-companies-3770912

Twitter founder Dorsey attacked by short-seller: Payments.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-11896277/Its-NOT-2008-insists-Bailey-central-banks-hike-rates.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490