Don't forget that they couldn't come up with the attorney's name which had signed off on the $68 million in assets according to the Missouri cease and desist order so the $68 million was never even proven to exist. I think the attorney signing off on the original $68 million turning out to be untrue despite it being printed in the email solicitations and repeated by Owen's own words in a conference call sets a precedence to doubt that an accountant really signed off on $279 billion in assets.
And many new investors got the email that claimed the accountant signed off on $279 billion in assets that did not even include the over 20 gold mines and 180 oil and gas leases. I'd say that would bring the total much much over $279 billion.