Samsung bid hoax drives Swedish biometrics company shares

Molly Wood Oct 14, 2013
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Samsung bid hoax drives Swedish biometrics company shares

Molly Wood Oct 14, 2013
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Fakes. Whether in the art world or in the email world, they can create big problems. So what about in the tech world of startups and acquisitions? The fortune of a small Swedish biometrics company changed dramatically recently all thanks to a single document that wasn’t what it said it was. Marketplace Tech reporter Queena Kim has the latest on the story.

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