Do you think damages, or do you think what they're really interested in is proof of fraudulent claims? Were I they, I'd be going for the latter: something in writing, or enough verbal testimony, to prove that the perps had hawked stock to them telling lies.
I don't see why the IRS would call shareholders. Their only concern would be whether Urbie and his cronies had paid tax on their winnings. My guess has always been that Urbie told the Canadian authorities that he'd paid in the US, and told US authorities he'd paid in Canada.
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