According to Odaily, Andrew Left, founder of the short-selling financial research firm Citron Research, has pleaded not guilty to several securities fraud charges filed against him on July 26. Left attended a 40-minute hearing at a federal court in Los Angeles, where Judge Rozella Oliver set his bail at $4 million in unsecured bonds and $1 million in secured bonds. The trial date for Left has been scheduled for September 24.

Previously, it was reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against Andrew Left on July 26. The charges allege that Left misled retail investors through