DOJ Investigates Suspiciously Timed Oil Trades in Middle of War

The Justice Department is investigating potential insider trading related to the skyrocketing oil prices caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon. The department is specifically looking into at least four instances where traders made over $2.6 billion betting that the price of oil would fall moments before it did, according to sources who spoke with ABC News.According to the London Stock Exchange, traders bet over $500 million that oil prices would drop on March 23, just 15 minutes bef...