Hedge Funds Ensnared in Expansive DOJ Probe Into Short Selling
Funds and researchers are scrutinized by Justice Department. Inquiry seeks information on trading in several dozen stocks. The U.S. Justice Department has launched an expansive criminal investigation into short selling by hedge funds and research firms, scrutinizing their symbiotic relationships and hunting for signs that they improperly coordinated trades or broke other laws to profit, according to people familiar with the matter.The probe, run by the department’s fraud section with federal pro