[Did not answer the question, saying they have money to fight the charge is not the same as saying it’s not illegal.
If 2 or 3 multi hundred million hedge fund managers get together over lunch and decide to short a stock because the numbers look good to make money on such strategy is that illegal market manipulation/conspiracy? If one hedge fund managers call all company employees together and tells them he wants to drive the price of a stock down, employees all say great idea and start carrying out trades to drive a stock price down, are they guilty of manipulation/conspiracy?]
“What is illegal?”
In your personal opinion is the conduct I described in the 2 examples legal or illegal?