Discount (retail) brokers don't allow retail investors to short OTC stocks. Even if you could, brokers charge a per-share price, so you would lose money. It is pointless.
Brokers themselves can do it, but it is generally fruitless, since as you mentioned the risk is huge.
Bullish
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