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He reportedly received a $600 million lifeline from his classmates in 2016. This “lifeline” obviously wasn’t enough since YT fled creditors and regulators in July 2017. He was later banned for life from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, blacklisted, and reportedly fined for fraud.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "bullet", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "048b8a94-1b6f-426d-8a2a-3b1cf7c5ca64", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.83 }, "kind": "list", "text": "A significant portion of the other disclosed B2B preorders came from influencer promotion networks and a real estate brokerage. Some of these B2B “customers” are also participating as “paid co-creation partners.” We learned from multiple former employees that with their previous model they indirectly paid the “co-creators” enough money to purchase the car and some extra for the trouble.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "bullet", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "15dfbe80-689e-43ae-ac42-882dcbc01c7f", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.06, "w": 0.75, "x": 0.15, "y": 0.76 }, "kind": "list", "text": "YT has misled U.S. investors about preorders before. For FFAI’s first vehicle, YT announced 14,000 reservations, but filings later revealed only 401 preorders were placed. This misrepresentation was featured in a lawsuit that FFAI settled for $7.5 million.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "bullet", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "207e9286-385b-4f00-8f95-d213a65b5ced", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.12, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.56 }, "kind": "list", "text": "YT claims FFAI has over 10,000 preorders, but investors reacted most strongly to Nature’s Miracle Holdings Inc (Nature’s Miracle) announcing it had preordered 1,000 vehicles in a deal worth up to $100 million. This deal is utterly lacking in substance. Nature’s Miracle has a market cap of ~$2 million and less than $10,000 in cash. Why make this ridiculous deal? Probably because the founder & CEO of Nature’s Miracle was a classmate of YT at an expensive executive business school.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "bullet", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "29b85d1c-63f7-42ae-88e6-e609b9f6ff3b", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.18, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.17 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "This pattern has continued in the US. We have evidence showing that YT appears to have committed bankruptcy fraud by hiding Lucid stock from the bankruptcy court that became worth $1.2 billion. In bankruptcy filings, YT expressly denied any interest in a holding company called “Blitz” that held millions of shares of Lucid stock. We believe this was a lie. A month after his denial, 4.5 million shares of Lucid stock were secretly transferred from Blitz to one of YT’s largest creditors to pay off his debt and to ensure the creditor’s discretion in supporting YT during his personal bankruptcy.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "2f6ce273-9b31-4372-89e8-7dbaa14f435f", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.06, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.49 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "This latest pump may be the last one. We think YT’s Well Notice is just the opening salvo. The DOJ is also reportedly probing the company and we would not be surprised if the bankruptcy court reopened YT’s case due to credible allegations of bankruptcy fraud.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "4f100143-7137-4f5a-a3b6-387cf6355b87", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.09 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "How anyone could believe anything YT says at this point is beyond us. YT fled to the US in July 2017 to escape creditors and regulators. 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