To believe that Newton had nothing with Gendarme is foolish. I'm down a few hundred bucks here because I got shares at .00005. But many who are down thousands probably aren't as nonchalant about RCCH remaining in the dark. And they have every right to be.
If the SEC says that Gendarme bought shares from the issuer. That means shares issue by the company and bought from the TA. Then later the SEC say Gendarme acquired shares. It is pretty obvious that that acquired in this case is a synonym. No need to take liberty with the definition of acquire when elsewhere when talking about the same issue they used bought. The whole damn SEC case was about shares Gendarme bought from RCCH.