They didn't steal anything. If trading hadn't stopped pretty much forever, they'd eventually have covered the short position they created.
And therein lies part of the problem: the SEC and DTCC didn't act quickly enough. But on the other hand, Megas waited for months before reporting the "hijacking".
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