April 9, 2021
Please approve this ruling to restore fairness to the market, leveling the playing field between unregulated hedge funds and retail investors who are subject to margin calls and many legal obligations.
The ruling will also help protect start up corporations that are vulnerable to predatory naked short attacks. My own brother-in-law inherited the patent to cardiac defibrillator from his father, yet he was manipulated into selling all his shares (Cardiac Sciences) cheaply, only to see the price increases many fold after the shorts covered and the business now owned by outsiders. A direct experience of lifetime sacrifices that fell under market manipulators without any recourse.
Thank you for your time,
Thi Pham, Ph.D