"rota fortunae," author of july 2018 attack on farmland partners, retracts short and distort article, admits article's falsity, and returns multiples of trading profits he gained from attack

Denver, june 21, 2021 /prnewswire/ -- farmland partners inc. (nyse: fpi) ("fpi" or the "company") today announced the successful resolution of its litigation against quinton mathews, the previously anonymous author of an attack published on the financial website "seeking alpha" on july 11, 2018 as part of a "short and distort" scheme targeting fpi, management and its stockholders.  as mr. mathews acknowledged publicly (https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/47800059-rota-fortunae/5605955-mathews-settlement-press-release), the july 2018 article was full of false statements that drove down fpi's stock price, allowing mr.
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