How One Man Crashed the Stock Market

The government says Navinder Singh Sarao’s market manipulation caused the 2010 Stock Market “Flash Crash,” which had the Dow plummeting 1,000 points in minutes. Sarao was allowed to trade for four more years after the crash—and it’s proof the markets can’t, in fact, police themselves.

Michael Maiello

Published Apr. 22 2015 5:15AM EDT 

Michael Maiello

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