On: The Silicon Valley elite who want to build a city ...

[scoofy]

Deliberate wash sales to increase “market” price would be a trivial way to prove this. Otherwise it’s very speculative.

[blazespin → scoofy]

Or some type of record where the farmers got into a smoky room and said 'let's all agree to jack up the price!'

That said, wow, this seems like a blatantly horrible hardball tactic or probably a result of sour grapes for someone who was a fool with their money.

I hope this gets dismissed with extreme prejudice and flannery has to pay legal fees.

[YeBanKo → blazespin]

> sour grapes for someone who was a fool with their money

Maybe the unnamed investor was Softbank’s Masayoshi Son and after repeatedly being shafted by Neumann he said “No more!” and urged the lawsuit.