It's done all the time because it doesn't take much money. 300K shares at about 23 cents is 'only' $69,000. Although that's probably a lot for one person, it's not a lot for an orchestrated effort with the market makers too.
If you would like to see a picture of the one woman's shop whose supposed to pay ALLM real money, I'll gladly show it to you.
Warning - it will make you seriously doubt if ALLM will get paid more than $1. If they get paid only $1 from Earth's Renewable Energy, LLC., this press release won't even be illegal: