By Jody Godoy, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Chris Prentice (Reuters) -U.S. short seller Carson Block is being probed by the Justice Department as part of a wide-ranging investigation into short-sellers and hedge funds focused on suspected coordinated manipulative trading, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department early last year issued subpoenas to dozens of firms, which included requests for funds’ trading records, as part of the probe, Reuters and other media outlets reported in December. The agency issued a second round of subpoenas months later, Reuters reported. …