Stockmarket deal maker Tolga Kumova said fund managers who he previously worked with stopped returning his calls, after multiple tweets from self-styled penny stock cop Alan Davison, better known as Stock Swami, allegedly accused him of repeatedly engaging in insider trading, which he said painted him as a criminal.
In the Federal Court of Australia on Wednesday before Justice Michael Lee, Mr Kumova a former Financial Review Young Rich lister took the stand to give evidence in a defamation battle he launched against Mr Davison.
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Tom Richardson was a journalist at The Australian Financial Review
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