the dumping of 53 million shares, without a commensurate return in value
Let's say 53M shares were dumped.
Let's say DECN was really working on a really fast diagnostic test for some affirmation in COVID-19
Let's say the stock price moved from around .02 on 3/3 to a high of .50 on 4/23
Let's say that that 25X move counts as "commensurate return in value"
Or let's say someone got in at .10 or even .25 - their shares had most assuredly increased in value, as the company was working its way through the labyrinth of regulation and rhetoric (which God help the FDA if Berman wrote his own application for the test kit - the rhetoric alone was probably responsible for much of the "continued conversation" - lol)
So, maybe the SEC will want to know why the big selloff almost simultaneously with the 4/23 PR, which, if people had been hoodwinked by earlier PRs would most-definitely continued the hoodwinking and would not have raised alarm bells. It is actually one of the better-worded PRs he released.