You’re making fun, but honestly it’s no sillier a theory than the ones IE and the others said for years.
I mean seriously, what’s more dumb- 1) something called Project Venus surviving liquidation and being purchased 7 years later with no employees around to do the sale, and the proceeds going only to the loyal shareholders (but not the disloyal shareholders), or 2) a “predetermined buyer” in a public auction that anyone was free to attend?