With respect to Venture Capitalist making some asserting around the airline industry during the COVID19 event,
It's can be perceived as being called "short and distort" scheme.
The inverse is the one we most know about which is the "pump and dump" scheme.
"Short and distort" schemes are usually triggered about the time PIPE lending occurs (issue debt with warrants, triggers, excessive fees, etc) with a publically registered company with the SEC and listed on a national exchange.
China is about "disruptive economies" scenarios and often wondered if the PIPE and certain venture capitalists where fronts for . ……. (use logic, anon)