In Citron's case they cast super sketchy dispersions about companies and hope that they influence investors who don't understand how the companies operate. It'

In Citron's case they cast super sketchy dispersions about companies and hope that they influence investors who don't understand how the companies operate. It's right at the line and the cost of proving them wrong is not worth the effort... plus the SEC has bigger fish to fry when they have a mandate to enforce.