I'm sure it was enormous, but it doesn't account for the difference in the market capital earned by the sale of all those shares, which FAR exceeded $7.8 mil. That's only the beginning.
Hopefully it can be proven that there was complicity among the transfer agent, brokers and maybe even market makers concerning the alleged illicit trading of unregistered shares, as well as the nominee traded shares.. That is being investigated as we speak, and the OSC is providing a great view into what has likely occurred here.