Aphria Inc (fka APHA)

[CornellEngineer]

I've been researching this DeFrancesco crook today and not liking what I'm finding out at all. This corrupt scumbag is like the anti-Midas...everything he touches turns into total steaming piles of crap for his investors. His wife and his "business partner" Honig appear to be slimeballs as well. Let's start here...

http://sharesleuth.com/investigations/2018/03/pretenders-and-ghosts-stealth-promotion-network-exploits-financial-sites-to-tout-stocks

THE DELEVACO GROUP

The stealth promotion ring began posting stories last year about companies with financial ties to The Delavaco Group, a self-described merchant banking firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Toronto.

Its principals, Andrew and Catherine DeFrancesco, have been putting money into Honig’s deals since 2016. SEC filings show that they or entities they control hold stakes in PolarityTE, Riot Blockchain and InfoSonics.

The touting ring has spotlighted at least four companies in The Delevaco Group’s investment portfolio: Massroots; Aphria Inc. (OTC: APHQF); Liberty Health Services Inc. (OTC: LHSIF) and Breaking Data Corp. (OTC: BKDCF).

Every single one of the smaller companies mentioned appears to be nothing but pump-and-dump schemes designed to enrich these crooked a-holes while costing his unwitting investors a ton of dough...

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polarityte-plunges-after-citron-calls-it-a-fraud-2018-06-25

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-charges-multiple-firms-individuals-with-microcap-fraud-schemes-including-barry-honig-2018-09-07

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BKD.V/community/

These are just a few examples...there is a lot more out there to convince anyone that this guy is bad news. This entire article deals with nothing but scams perpetrated by DeFrancesco & Honig...

http://sharesleuth.com/investigations/2018/09/cool-mara-riot-part-two-securities-fraud-case-against-south-florida-group-reverberates-through-additional-companies

Why in hell Vic and the rest of Aphria's management would ever get involved with these kind of people is beyond me. No legitimate company would even let this guy on their property let alone do multi-hundred million dollar business deals with him.

Something smells really fishy here. I can only surmise that either QCM/Hindenburg caught Vic red-handed or Aphria's CEO and management are clueless clowns and either possibility should be greatly troubling to anybody who is still long on APHA. Neufeld & DeFrancesca have worked together much too closely in the past for me not to believe that Vic knew full well what kind of bad dude he was dealing with...

https://business.financialpost.com/cannabis/aphria-closes-deal-now-worth-up-to-300-million-to-acquire-scythians-latin-american-assets