The federal securities laws prohibit the manipulation of securities. Specifically, manipulation is intentional conduct designed to deceive investors by controlling or artificially affecting the market for a security. Manipulation can involve a number of techniques to affect the supply of, or demand for, a stock. They include: spreading false or misleading information about a company; improperly limiting the number of publicly-available shares; or rigging quotes, prices or trades to create a false or deceptive picture of the demand for a security.
While the First Amendment protects freedom of speech, a charge of slander may be brought against someone who knowingly makes a false statement. Please note that this is a civil matter, not a matter under the federal securities laws.
If you want to provide us specific details of persons being paid to bash a company, we would appreciate your letting us know. You can do this by filing a complaint at http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml.
Sincerely,
ROBERT T GREENE U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (202)942-7221
Yeah all you have to do is look at their past posts and see they have nothing good to say and don't own any stock.Whenever there a corporate event they shoow up to save everyone from themselves,I don't pay much attention to them.Look at the CSHD board the same bashers have been there for months even when they are on the grey markets.Who in their right mind would spend hours a day for months bashing a stock they dont own.It WILL GET WORSE BEFORE THE DIVI.i think of it as horse race and I've already bought my ticket and they are telling me i won't win when my horse is kicking butt,and they haven't even placed a bet.