MMAT
Meta Materials Inc. Common Stock
stock NASDAQ

Anson Funds, the subject of the article, was a major player in (redacted) and was involved in some litigation regarding MetaMaterial (MMAT) and Torchlight Energy and (a ticker that gets my comment deleted by automod) and Next Bridge Hydrocarbons.
That fits with what he stated in the article, that he prefers to short companies where he sees fraud and mismanagement.
He said in the interview that it isn't enough to short companies that are overvalued. Instead, he targets companies he sees engage in highly questionable activity and behavior by insiders.
"This incredible retail‐driven liquidity has enabled many frauds, hyper‐promoted companies, and poor businesses with a market-friendly story to raise large sums of equity financing," Kassam wrote in his Q2 2020 letter
The former CEOs of both MMAT and (redacted ticker, successor to Torchlight Energy) are facing federal charges of fraud related to false statements about oil and gas potentials and for undisclosed payments to social media influencers that pumped the stocks.

Anson Funds, the subject of the article, was a major player in (redacted) and was involved in some litigation regarding MetaMaterial (MMAT) and Torchlight Energy and (a ticker that gets my comment deleted by automod) and Next Bridge Hydrocarbons.
That fits with what he stated in the article, that he prefers to short companies where he sees fraud and mismanagement.
He said in the interview that it isn't enough to short companies that are overvalued. Instead, he targets companies he sees engage in highly questionable activity and behavior by insiders.
"This incredible retail‐driven liquidity has enabled many frauds, hyper‐promoted companies, and poor businesses with a market-friendly story to raise large sums of equity financing," Kassam wrote in his Q2 2020 letter
The former CEOs of both MMAT and (redacted ticker, successor to Torchlight Energy) are facing federal charges of fraud related to false statements about oil and gas potentials and for undisclosed payments to social media influencers that pumped the stocks.