NEW YORK, July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of MediaAlpha, Inc. (“MediaAlpha” or the “Company”) (NYSE: MAX). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton at [email protected] or 646-581-9980, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether MediaAlpha and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On June 24, 2024, Wolfpack Research published a report entitled “MAX: Our Investigation Reveals MAX Is Participating in Consumer Fraud.” In pertinent part, Wolfpack announced that it was “short the insurance lead generator, MediaAlpha, Inc. (NYSE: MAX) following our research into the company’s [Health Insurance] segment[.]” Wolfpack stated that it believed “[MediaAlpha] uses dishonest and sometimes outright fraudulent ads along with deceptive websites to trick consumers into providing their personal information in exchange for a health insurance ‘quote.’ [MediaAlpha] then sells this information as raw lead data or uses it to generate clicks or calls for its lead-buying partners. Our investigation indicates as much as 78% of [MediaAlpha’s] Health [Insurance] lead-buying partners are running boiler room health insurance scams or are flagrantly violating laws concerning telemarketing.”
On this news, MediaAlpha’s stock price fell $1.92 per share, or 11.84%, over the following two trading sessions, to close at $14.29 per share on June 25, 2024.
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CONTACT:
Danielle Peyton
Pomerantz LLP
[email protected]
646-581-9980 ext. 7980
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