Dortmund Bomb Suspect Attacked Soccer Team to Make $1M from Stock Drop(wsj.com)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dortmund-bomb-suspect-bought-stock-options-on-soccer-attack-1492758515

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TLDR: took out a loan to amass a large put position then tried to plummet the underlying stock price which gives him the right to sell once it's below the strike.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/04/21/alleged-borus...

Not much use if it's behind a paywall.