Not really. The stooges in Chicago (sometimes referred to as the "lenders") haven't recieved a dime from you, me, or Dean. But this dilemna we are in is a direct result of their inability to complete the funding package, sell the bonds, and get the money to Dean.
The entity that has most of our money, and have sold this down to subpenny, is the third party that Dean is selling these diluted shares to at a discounted price. Dean gets their money to help keep the company going, and they get a boatload of these discounted shares to flood the market with. Since they don't give a rats about Quasar they drop these shares at the best price they can get and as fast as they can. When we don't bite at certain prices, they lower it until it is sold. Their only objective is to recover the money they gave Dean quickly and claim the rest of the sales as profit. Short term this can be a great tool for legitimate companies to get some quick cash. But when the company continues to utilize this type of funding for more money, the share price gets severely effected by the dilution. This results in lower prices which leads to more shares to get the same amount of cash. This is why its called toxic financing.
So when Dean eventually gets the funding and honors his promise to buyback at least 20%, the investors aren't completely screwed from the short term dilution he did.