The SEC won't do anything if the market maker covers their position within 3 days.
also
"there are brokerage firms that take advantage of a Nasdaq regulation that allows a market-maker -- a broker who makes a market in the stock -- to short without actually borrowing shares."
So maybe people should stop spreading mis-information.
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