JOE CANOUSE GANG.....>>>>> The Defendants are alleged to enter into toxic convertible financing agreements with the then-present intent to surreptitiously use short sales7 and naked short sales8 to manipulate the value of the company's stock by driving the price downward, and to then acquire a majority position in the company upon the conversion of the investor's preferred securities to common stock. In support of this allegation, Hyperdynamics [ 699 S.E.2d