** Shares of healthcare services company DocGo DCGO.O fall
15.7% to $4.04 premarket
** Fuzzy Panda Research discloses short position in DCGO,
says billing practices amounted to Medi-Cal and Medicare Fraud,
citing former employees
** DocGo did not immediately respond to a request for
comment
** Short seller says it discovered that firm terminated
whistleblowers "who spoke up against alleged 'illegal acts' or
offering payments that appear to amount to bribes"
** Adds the company's "leadership has a long history of lies
and connections to fraudulent schemes"
** Stock fell ~21% in 2023
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru)
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