IRS data reportedly shows Buffett traded Berkshire stocks in personal account, according to ProPublica

Warren Buffett reportedly traded stocks in his personal account that his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway was buying and selling, a practice that he himself in the past deemed a conflict of interest, according to ProPublica on Thursday.

The nonprofit news outlet, citing a leak of confidential IRS data, alleged the “Oracle of Omaha” traded shares in his private account in the same quarter or the quarter before Berkshire bought or sold the same stocks, including shares of Wells Fargo, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart. The examples given were from 2009 and 2012.