Davian Fund AKA @hedgieguy Twitter’s 1st Ponzi Scheme: Missed Signs

By Long Short Trader

On Monday, July 15,2013, Roddy Boyd of the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation published an excellent piece (worthy of a prize, if you ask me; PLEASE READ IT if  you have not already) about a certain Anthony Davian (a.k.a.  @hedgieguy), and what looks like the first twitter-originated  ponzi scheme.  I’ve been tracking @hedgieguy, on and off, for the last 2-3 years, and would like to provide the public with my take. I privately expressed my concerns about @hedgieguy with several people, over the last 1.0-1.5 years (even as others shared their concerns about Davian with me as well). Sometime in...