We'll need to know if a CUSIP was changed for the last symbol change. NASDAQ MARKET ACTIONS is wide awake on suspected pirated deals. Rumor has it NASDAQ already caught a dozen before the pins got pulled.
Corps requiring a NASDAQ symbol changes are MANDATED to deliver hard copy's
1)Certified Transfer Letter detailing OLD CUSIP /NEW CUSIP/RS /FS etc
2)Notorized Corp resolution Corp sealed /
voted share holder lists /minutes inclusive of all majority shareholders notorized vote sheet
3)Hard Copy Cert of revisions Amend in the State of incorp
Nasdaq asks for this multiple times ;) clever
These seem to be common sense - but there has been considerable "tightening up" and double checking of ligitimacy of all!
I doubt there will be many new piracy cases, but you never know .............
One huge sign that a deal is pirated is always massive unfounded volume, followed by Executive PR's ligit' or not stating all kinds of absolute crap is happening to the corp.
The Volume is wash designed to attract sheep, which to my absolute amazement still works, the PR's light up the momo players whose imagination and investment credo is little more that four letters and a ridulous chart.
Apart from the difference's evident in Delaware, you suspect piracy. Always start with a freindly call to the TA on record.