BINGO
All these guys know is pump and dumps.
IMHO, they couldn't operate an honest profitable business if their life depended on it.
Trahan seems to have a trail of law suits from ripping off pretty much everyone he's done business with and it's likely most don't bother going through the expense or effort.
IMHO, the fact Wilkes continues to work with him either means he enjoys being a patsy, doesn't know any better, or is in on it....or maybe all of the above.
Either way, this deal stinks and anyone that is wiling to invest has to be blind and stupid, IMO.