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Yes they are, a few years ago once got a scuffle with the Swedish tax agency because they were abusing some tax loopholes. The tax agency came in with the bill and they just immediately "layoff" 90% of the contractors working there (a good chunk of the workforce). All so their quarterly statements wouldn't look bad for the stock market.

Klarna is the prime example of toxic public companies



Klarna hasnt even gone public yet...


Doesn’t matter. They want to go public and with that in mind will operate the business to ensure the financials look “good” for when it’s time to IPO


I remember hearing something about doing IPO in USA?




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