February 9, 2021 02:34 am
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/8/22273600/robinhood-alex-kearns-wrongful-death-lawsuit-stock-options-trading
Robinhood sued for wrongful death by family of 20-year-old who died by suicide
Last June, 20-year-old Alex Kearns died by suicide, blaming stock trading app Robinhood for his death. He mistakenly believed he’d lost $730,000, and that the company was coming for more than $170,000 of that money in a matter of days. His family now agrees that it was Robinhood’s fault — on Monday, they sued the company for wrongful death.
According to the complaint, Kearns never owed any money at all, but that didn’t stop the Robinhood app from suggesting that he did, or sending him an “immediate action required” email telling him he needed to deposit $178,612.73 by June 17th.
Here’s a screenshot one of his relatives shared on Twitter last June of what the app reportedly showed him at the time:
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/8/22273600/robinhood-alex-kearns-wrongful-death-lawsuit-stock-options-trading
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