This second article seems the most damning. Probably also guilty is the Canadian version of the SEC who gave this crook years of free reign. The amount he's being charged with is a couple of million bucks, small turds compared to the theft from Emerald's shareholders. The lawsuits will now be appearing where, if we're lucky, we will offered pennies on dollars.
The constant mantra about doing due diligence is fine, except when the powers tasked with protecting us don't share their info, making it impossible to locate the lies which always comes out later.