Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross shorted shares of a Kremlin-linked company days before a bombshell story dropped

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross shorted shares of Navigator Holdings, a firm with ties to the Kremlin, days after being contacted for comment on a potentially negative story, Forbes reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin's son-in-law owns a stake in the company that was once as large as 20%. In a statement, Ross said he did not receive nonpublic information before betting against the company. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross bet against the stock of a shipping firm ju...