Teen Posted Fake Steve Jobs Heart Attack Story; Didn't Profit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2008 - 11:26am.

San Francisco - The person who posted a fake story to CNN's iReport.com citizen journalism site earlier this month that said Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was an 18-year-old, Bloomberg reported. Investigators have so far found no evidence that the teenager attempted to profit from the 5.4% plunge in Apple's share price that resulted from the false report.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/4ocx8 (Bloomberg)

http://snipurl.com/4odkw (DMW previous coverage)

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