All the "factors" that were linked have been part of this whole scam since the beginning.
1) Tom has had Chuck Brooks in his corner for a long time and look how favorable of an effect that has had so far...NONE! I'm honestly surprised that someone like Chuck would still want to be associated with a crook like Tom. Which leads me to believe one of two things: Either Tom is still slinging Chuck's name around without him knowing OR Chuck is cut from the same mold as Tom and they are both in this to lie cheat, and steal their way into prosperity. Hahaha!
2) That patent is D-E-A-D. It's for software that has been trying to get off the ground for years and years now which means that it is grossly obsolete. Research Ecrypt1 which rebrands into what Tom is still trying to tout today, how long it's been around, and see the names associated with it back then and what they are up to nowadays by a simple Google search.
3) Articles by Scamlucci play no role at all in what this company is doing. Maybe if Tom had a successful company with an actual real product, then those articles would hold water.
IMHO, bottom line is many believed in Tom and all the BS throughout the past couple of years, and some even longer. He knew the right things to say and do to keep investors coming back for more. Many will say it's the risk one takes when playing the OTC market and not to invest more than you can afford to lose, and I for one take full responsibility for that. But Tom is a con artist and rotten to the core. He made up a lot of BS and never ever once took responsibility for any of it. He blamed everyone else but himself. He is a coward in my book and I hope his prison cell is nice and cold when he gets there.
