That company had analysts following the stock, applied for an uplisting and had large investors/institutions taking positions, mainly because of the very good balance sheet, huge earnings, promised buy back etc., etc.
To create the image of a vibrant enterprise, they fraudulently reported millions in fictitious earnings, revenues, expenses, and assets. To conceal the true results, they created fictitious periodic bank statements, checks, invoices and a general ledger, which they supplied to the auditor. And while the B/S showed 12 million in cash, due to ongoing positive operating cashflows (according to the I/S), cash turned out to be NOT there at all....
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