SEC Charges Eleven in Stock Manipulation Ring

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j. On or about December 7, 2006, defendant BROWN communicated via instant message with P.D. regarding P.D.'s posting of messages concerning GI-3's stock on IHUB internet message boards.

He could have been asking why he posted X, Y or Z. He could have said "Don't post that on IHub." He could have said he deleted those posts. He could have said anything. This doesn't prove (or even stand as evidence) that Matt used IHub to further his illicit gains!

Totally out of context. This is the context of the posting of messages.

7. It was a part of the conspiracy that defendant MATTHEW W. BROWN and P.D., J.M., J.C. and M.R., along with others known and unknown to the grand jury, sought to artificially inflate market demand for GH3 shares by manipulating sales in GH3 stock in a way that appeared to be the product of free and fair market forces. They did this in various ways, including the following: