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Here we go, the moment it starts to hit them they sing a familiar tuneBan on short selling? US regulators raise alarm amid banking crisis
US federal and state officials have begun to investigate the possibility of market manipulation amid the ongoing banking crisis.www.livemint.com
In other words the people there are supposed to make the market healthy are themselves a cause for concernWhile short selling is not illegal and considered part of a healthy market, manipulating stock prices is. The SEC defines manipulation as "the intentional or willful conduct designed to deceive or defraud investors by controlling or artificially affecting stock prices".