You're defending the indefensible. I get he's your friend. That doesn't excuse his actions on this stock. He was part of a fraud. If he brought you into this during the pump, you're a better man than I to still be his friend. Only he knows whether he believed all the info he provided as part of his job. I find it impossible to believe he did, and that he was so gullible, afraid to ask even obvious questions and downright stupid. Either way, he's culpable in this mess. Sorry.