DLO"our research leads us to believe that DLO is likely a fraud"November 16, 2022, Muddy Waters Research: "our research leads us to believe that DLO is likely a fraud. We also have concerns over its disclosures about, and controls of, client funds."
DLO DLocal Limited is a technology-first payments platform enabling global enterprise merchants to connect with billions of consumers in emerging markets headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Muddy Waters Research: "we found a series of lies that the company has told, along with accounts it has altered to corroborate the lies. This series of lies had to do with disguising the timing of an option exercise and the source of funding for that insider option exercise. Absent the most glaring level of incompetence, these account alterations should point to fraud."
DLO DLocal Limited reminds me of Wirecard WDI in 2020. It was the pride of the German fintech, included in DAX30. a lot of people were buying WDI on its was down, thinking about a reversal, a buyout or a bailout from the authorities. German prosecutors have charged Wirecard's former chief executive Markus Braun and two other high-ranking managers for the colossal commercial fraud that led to the collapse of the payment company.
But financial fraud in payment companies usually ends with bankruptcy.
DLO DLocal Limited`s IPO was on June 2, 2021, at $21. Most of the companies that were listed last year or IPOs are now trading at a huge discount, but not DLO, which today traded at the same IPO price.
Today DLO went from $20.94 to $10.29, but if the accusations turn out to be true, then i am ready to see $1, or even less.
The market cap of DLO is still high in my opinion, $3 Billion!
Even without this report, my price target would be around $8.
Looking forward to read your opinion about it.
