RE:RE:RE:DOJ in US Launches Investigation on Short SellingAgreed. Based on news articles, “Government attorneys are trying to determine whether short sellers engaged in some form of deception -- say, by misleading the public about their financing of what appears to be independent research, violating confidentiality agreements with authors, or orchestrating stock plunges to panic shareholders and exacerbate selling.” Typical tricks used by short sellers seem to be under scrutiny as they are manipulating the market.