There is just one teeny tiny itzy-bitzy little problem with the theory that Bruce stole all of our money as we bought our shares of VLDI, After the IPO, none of the money invested by common shareholders like us in shares on the secondary market went to Bruce or VLDI except on those rare occassions when VLDI sold more shares fresh from the treasury. The money most of us put into VLDI stock went to buy shares that had already been bought years ago by investors like us who owned the shares and wanted to sell the stock. There is no way Bruce could have stolen our money since none of it ever went into VLDI's treasury.
TPP
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