That's very interesting, especially the coincidence in dates. I read the removal of the auditor as a genuine reason, but looks like your contact is saying she believes it is just a ruse. The only snag is that in fact it appears that the auditor really has run into CPA difficulties and other companies have dropped them as well, eg Metwood:
In an SEC filing, Metwood, Inc. (Other OTC: MTWD.PK) disclosed that it has dismissed its auditing firm, Traci J. Anderson, CPA in the wake of the firm's violations of auditing standards.
This would lend credibility to dropping the auditor as being the true reason behind the recent 8KA and the subsequent failure to comply notice, rather than a ruse to go "dark" whilst matters are being dealt with behind the scenes. I really do not know.