Astra Veda Corp (ASTA)

[Monroe1]

"Short selling can also overlap with insider trading. If a trader’s knowledge of a coming drop in a stock’s price is based on insider information, then short sales based on that information will constitute securities fraud.
Report Illegal Short Selling to the SEC

As a form of securities fraud, illegal short selling is of high interest to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). If you blow the whistle and the SEC launches a successful investigation that recovers sanctions in excess of one million dollars, you could be rewarded."

https://www.secwhistleblowerattorney.net/securities-fraud-whistleblower-lawyer/is-short-selling-illegal/