Amanita, that is very much a possibility:
A deal may have been struck to once again dump the shareholders. Loan yourself money that can't be paid back, bankrupt it and then claim ownership of the remains. The remains will include some props (built by the loan money) that will transferred to a second entity interested in that sort of science (hints have been droped here before by another poster). The patents will also go along with a very small team of three, two scientists and a software guy (no dullards). The physical move may have already taken place."
Or even if there is no "science" worth saving, at least it's a way to bury the damning evidence so it can't bite them in the hiney later down the road. Isn't that what MP did for the B-Boys, they entrusted the scam to him. He managed to squeeze 30-40 million out of it before handing over the reins.
Then MP brought in Bumfield to do the same.
I must say, the CEO standards are really going down hill, I can only imagine who will be next, Brumfield junior?