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WhatsApp Investment Group Allegedly Drove a Stock Pump-and-Dump That Wiped Out NIS 800,000 in Minutes
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
First reported by Calcalist · 7 hours ago
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What happened
A 24-year-old Israeli woman says she lost NIS 800,000 in four minutes after joining a WhatsApp stock-promotion group. The scheme centered on Nasdaq-listed NetClass Technology, whose shares surged and then collapsed in June amid suspected pump-and-dump manipulation.
- 01A 24-year-old Israeli woman says she lost NIS 800,000 in four minutes.
- 02The alleged scheme ran through a WhatsApp group called "U.S. Stocks Community in Tel Aviv."
- 03The target stock was Nasdaq-listed NetClass Technology, or NTCL.
- 04NTCL surged about 900% in 10 days, then fell nearly 90% on June 11.
- 05The Israel Securities Authority is trying to curb such groups with foreign partners.
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