Dortmund Bomb Suspect Attacked Soccer Team to Make $1 Million From Stock Drop - WSJ

BERLIN—A Russian-German man allegedly bombed one of Germany’s most prominent soccer teams in order to make more than $1 million off a drop in the team’s stock price, officials said Friday.

The 28-year-old suspect, identified as Sergej M., took out a loan on April 3 worth tens of thousands of dollars in order to finance a bet on a fall in soccer team Borussia Dortmund’s stock price, officials said. The bet included the purchase of...

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