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White House Warns Staff As Iran Bets Add To Growing Insider-Trading Concerns
White House Warns Staff As Iran Bets Add To Growing Insider-Trading Concerns
Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com,
The White House warned staff against improperly using confidential information to place bets in futures markets after suspicious oil trades ahead of President Donald Trump’s March 23 Iran announcement drew scrutiny, according to Reuters.
Reuters reported on Thursday that the White House sent the internal email on March 24, a day after Trump ordered a five-day delay in attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure.
The warning followed a roughly $500 million bet on Brent and West Texas Intermediate...
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