Parents sue Robinhood trading app after son commits suicide over mistaken $946,000 debt – NEWS.com.au

The parents of a 20-year-old man who committed suicide after mistakenly believing he owed $US730,000 ($A946,000) to Robinhood plan to file a wrongful death suit against the stock trading app, according to a report.University of Nebraska student Alexander Kearns, who had begun dabbling in trading, ran into problems on June 11 when the app put a hold on his account showing that he was $US730,000 ($A946,000) in the red and that he needed to pay over $US170,000 ($A220,000) in the coming days,CBSThis…

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