The shell came through Mark McKelvie several years ago (like 2003 or 2004). That much I do know. McKelvie used to be an officer at WHKA. Smith only took the reigns after McKelvie stepped down. Circletex was not involved until after Briner was shown the door and there were three other TAs before Bay City got involved in 2007 They took it from Contintental after Continental bought Briner's TA operation in Vancouver. Briner was able to do all those illegal 504s because West Coast Transfer was his operation (along with Liem).
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it. --Patrick Henry, Patriot and Hero of the American Revolution