"Because the branch manager who had responsibility for HIMC trading and identifying unusual trading activity also served on HIMC's board, such trading was subject to manipulation, with FINRA citing multiple examples of suspicious trading activity relating to the HIMC stock and board member/branch manager, including one instance of a Newport Coast account receiving and selling over 500 million HIMC shares over the course of six months in 2009."
http://www.stocklaw.com/Securities-Fraud-Blog/2012/August/Newport-Coast-Securities-Inc-Fined-100-000-for-P.aspx