Here is some real DD about Kirkland with DGF. Every investor should should know that John C. Kirkland is also a serial scammer. From Kirkland's LinkedIn profile we find: Fund Manager Discover Growth Fund 2014 - Present 6 yrs 4 mos Virgin Islands (U.S.) Managing Director IronRidge Global Partners 2011 - 2014 Now the bad news keeps mounting. Kirkland is another SEC bad actor. https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2017/34-81443.pdf Check out the ihub board - https://investorshub.advfn.com/IRONRIDGE-28614/ Ironridge CEO wedding - John C. Kirkland http://vimeo.com/75059680 First, it wasn't the same David Sims that the SEC filed a complaint against him - and then it is John C. Kirkland was the Managing Director of Discover Growth Fund - but he has a worse record than Sims. Sims: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2019/lr24480.htm The point is that OWCP only becomes involved with serial scammers like Friedland/Sims/Kirkland. There isn't a defense for this reckless behavior. IG