Skybridge Capital co-founder and former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci alleged Friday that President Donald Trump‘s administration orchestrated a massive insider trading scheme tied to geopolitical announcements that yielded up to $400 million in illicit profits.
In a recent video statement on X, Scaramucci detailed highly suspicious trading activity occurring just one hour before Trump announced a five-day moratorium on Iran strikes.
According to Scaramucci, insiders purchased $1.5 billion in notional S&P E-mini futures contracts. This was about four to six times the normal market volume. This took place alongside a simultaneous purchase of $192 million in crude oil futures.
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“They made between $300 and $400 million dollars off those trades,” Scaramucci claimed. He further alleged that Trump fabricated a phone call with an Iranian official to justify the market-moving moratorium, noting that Iranian authorities denied the conversation ever took place.
“These people are making hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars trading on information that only exists inside the most powerful office in the world,” Scaramucci said. “This isn’t politics anymore. This is a financial operation running out of the White House.”
The White House did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comment.
Let me walk you through what happened one hour before Trump announced the five day moratorium on Iran strikes.
$1.5 billion in notional S&P E-mini futures contracts. Four to six times normal activity.
One hour before the announcement.
Simultaneously, $192 million in crude oil… pic.twitter.com/wkQ0PNRvtV
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) April 2, 2026
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Scaramucci’s accusations compound a growing list of market anomalies surrounding the administration’s foreign policy. Earlier in March, SPY call options skyrocketed an unprecedented 24,650% in roughly 80 minutes after Trump unexpectedly declared the Iran conflict “very complete.”
Additionally, the Pentagon recently faced intense scrutiny following reports that a broker for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted to move millions into defense ETFs just weeks before the U.S. launched military operations. The Pentagon vehemently denied the report, calling it “fabricated.”
