Market manipulation is the wrong crime and requires actual transactions. People keep saying he committed a crime but have failed to provide an actual law he violated. Or they point at some SEC violation which aren’t crimes and handled in civil court.
>Market manipulation is the wrong crime and requires actual transactions.
You can be charged for securities fraud just by tweeting baloney if you are important enough. Ask Mr Musk. This is 100X worst. So no, you dont need actual transactions to be charged with fraud.
