Mentor Capital MNTR misuses FINRA short selling data in PR, in partnership with Buyins.net SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 25, 2014) - Mentor Capital, Inc. (OTC Pink: MNTR) announces that BuyIns.Net has uncovered that Shorts have sold 5.5 Million of the 2.2 Million (sic.) Mentor Capital, Inc. shares in the float and available to trade. In response to this situation, Mentor Capital Inc.'s CEO, Chet Billingsley comments, "For 2014 we retained BuyIns.Net, who monitors all stock trades for illegal short selling activity, soon after 50% of our float suspiciously traded in two hours." According to his web site, BuyIns.Net founder, Tom Ronk, entered into a business partnership with former SEC Chairman, Harvey Pitt. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mentor-capital-catches-market-makers-175000429.html