SEC to investigate false Steve Jobs heart attack claim
- October 4th, 2008
- 7 Comments
Whoever made that false Steve-Jobs-had-a-heart-attack claim is going to be in a lot of trouble now that the SEC is getting involved.
The independent agency is looking to see if the false report was done maliciously. That is to say, it’s trying to figure out whether or not the person who posted the claim in order to profit from the resulting drop in stock price. (Apple’s stock went down quite a bit while the rumor was still running around blogs, Twitter and so on.)
I guess this does underline how important Jobs is to Apple, but how dumb must you be to make a false claim like that and not think you’d get in trouble?
Bashar (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Sure an investigation is in order. But would this have happened if Apple and Jobs were more open about his medical health situation?
TeaGhea (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Well, that’s an idiotic thing to say. The person who reported it committed a legitimate “crime.” Billions of dollars in damage was done. There are no excuses for whoever did that to the stock.
Gil Borman (Who am I?)
2 months ago
5 years for fraud and attempted market manipulation.
Ban the guy from touching a computer for 5 years. Banned from the internet for 10.
Plus restitution.
This was deliberate and evil.
Dimelo (Who am I?)
1 month ago
lol…hahahahahaha
and 50 years of not touching any Apple product.
Brian (Who am I?)
1 month ago
LOL??? You’re the only one laughing at your “joke”. HA!