xienze: A "tip-off" is dropping an email to them or making a phone call. What happened here was an all out assault.
We still don't know if it was a scam. And that's the bottom line. Until an official court ruling is given in light of all evidence presented by both the plaintiff and the defendents, the jury's still out.
Also remember that this wasn't some sub-penny OTC trading a few hundred thousand dollars a day. This was tens of millions, with some investors shelling out quite a bit of money. It's a bit different than stocks that are basic gambles with the majority of shareholders throwing down $250 on it.
If our-street was in fact correct on this one then it was by luck only. Believe me, that guy had an interest here contrary to the shareholders. He wasn't looking to help anyone out. His past of scamming shareholders is evidence enough of that. He admitted on this board and in a published article that he shorted a stock and then attacked it on his Web Site. He promised never to do it again....Thats enough for me to never trust a word he says.