From an accounting stand point, SQ was a variable interest entity. The consolidation rules were changed specifically for situations like this. It should have been consolidated.
STARRQUEENS ILLEGAL TAX EVASION VEHICLE. Controlling shareholders paid themselves wages via a corporation to avoid using their SSN and paying personal taxes, then falsely reported wages as 1099 Income to avoid payroll tax liability. Unethical and Illegal. Wages were reported in the filings. Wages not reported in the employer tax returns. Its fraud and tax evasion.
AAPT's Pied Piper of Monaco led all of those poor investing children to slaughter at the hands of Barry & Lisa's greed. The Pied Piper of Monaco must be very proud of that accomplishment.