Yes Fife did front another $50k in 2017, but the bulk of his $500k + in notes date back to earlier and fonder days.
The Fife money is long gone since their 9/30/17 10Q shows $9k in cash.
I think the LRS announcement is nuanced. they bought a Korean manufactured machine. The way to read what they said was they bought a Korean manufactured machine not who they bought it from.