SHORT SELLING PROBE: Racketeering Charges on Hedge Funds That Are Short-Selling Stocks An Option Says REUTERS
SHORT SELLING PROBE
REUTERS.COM: U.S. prosecutors explore racketeering charges in short-seller probe -sources
REUTERS Says US Justice Department Investigating, POTENTIAL Racketeering Charges Option On Table
"Potential charges under the Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act
(RICO)"
SHORT & DISTORT INVESTIGATIONS BY
US Justice Department
ALLEGEDLY, "NEGATIVE" REPORTS ARE PREPARED
INVESTIGATING IF FIRMS CONSPIRE TO SHORT US BASED CORPORATE LISTED STOCKS
"Among the activities the Justice Department is investigating is
whether funds conspired to perpetrate
a so-called "short and distort scheme,"
SHORT SELLING PROBE
"WIDE-RANGE PROBE", "SPOOFING" INVESTIGATIONS
EARLIER
IN
WEEK
CNBC SAYS A "WIDE-RANGE PROBE"
CNBC SAYS FBI
DOING
SEARCH WARRANTS
CNBC CLIP: DOJ pursuing wide-ranging probe of short-sellers: WSJ
CNBC CLIP: Short-sellers in crosshairs of
federal prosecutors
"SPOOFING"
WSJ SAYS "SPOOFING" INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON AS WELL
FIRMS ALLEGEDLY CAN FLOOD MARKETS WITH FAKE ORDERS SPOOFING
TO DRIVE PRICES
Justice Department Targets ‘Spoofing’
and ‘Scalping’ in Short Seller Investigation
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