The problem for us was that he could hide his behavior (selling millions of shares on the backs of the faithful) while pretending to be a savior, naked short avenger blah blah blah. He told me to my face he was done promoting stocks when I met him in Atlanta at the monkeenar. One thing that I kept close to my vest was that my alarm bells went off after meeting him. In person, he didn't approximate the kind, savior-like persona that he had cultivated on the boards along with his followers and perhaps secret promoters.
I always wondered about the PhD and now the answer is he bought it lolololol.