While I'm sure "Muchael" was shocked - SHOCKED! - to find MadMal was actually a low rent penny stock grifter instead of the upstanding internationally successful oil magnate he presented himself to be (I mean, who knew? It was so well hidden!)... the entire sequence of posts reeks.
The fact that "Mr. Westhaver" (or whomever "stwatch" actually is) went to such ridiculous lengths to pretend Wedgewood, Marston Webb, and ABN were somehow independent speaks volumes.
I'm personally rather doubtful that all 3 Wedgewood related companies signed off on, or were unaware of, a laughably false and misleading PR like THAT. My suspicion (some might call it common sense) is that everyone actually was paid for their time and effort, and the PR Wedgewood/MarstonWebb/ABN put out 3 months AFTER the fact was pure ass covering. Of course, I could be wrong. Who knows.. it's yet another bizarre and incomprehensible chapter in MadMal's quest for glory.
The interesting tidbit here is Wedgewood's *colorful* history with.. well, lets call it INTERESTING characters.