Because what made it a "scam ticker" WAS he existence of stock promoter Edward Vakser. My guess (and oh how I am so sure that I am right) is that Vakser found Linduff and was hopeful that stringing along Linduff, under a wholly owned subsidiary, would allow Vakser and buddies to purge shares. Linduff wasn't having it. How he got Vakser out, I do not know but I am 100% confident that he did! ;-)
This was an easy way for Linduff to go public. Sure he had a lot of work to do, but I bet the clean up cost was a fraction of paying thousands of more dollars to acquire a "clean ticker" (as you put it). He saw some sort of opportunity and he acted on it. How Linduff goes about his business is really up to Linduff, right? ;-)