Even if they were short, the outstanding share total has been bought back more than just a few times since those numbers were recorded. All those shares being referred to have LONG SINCE been bought back (if they were shorted shares to begin with!)
And by the way - those were RECORDED SHARES!
I thought the big mystery of the “naked share” theory was that there was NO RECORD of “naked shares” to show? That they were unrecorded and therefore invisible?