"Instead, all that ever happened was slaps on the wrists and fines."
Kramer has done this more than ONCE? Oh my goodness.
Real developments here.
How do You know what Kramer knew and his reasons for doing it? Seems like a far stretch.
"He knew that getting caught selling unregistered shares would really only have a worst case result of disgorgement of the money he made selling the unregistered shares.Naked shorting, besides being impossible"
....I guess Miracles Do Happen..
"to actually do without the involvement of others (brokers, gov't agencies) willing to break the law"-
you mean like the Companies Kramer worked with to commit the illegal Selling of Unregistered shares? or the disseminating of Misinformation to the Public? "...was not needed for a death spiral!"
"There was never any reason to take the risk!"-
Exactly, Kramer could've just been a regular Trader and worked a 9-5 job to get by in life. Instead Kramer Decided with the involvement of Others, to sell unregistered Shares.
"There is no rainbow, and certainly no pot of gold at the end of it here..."
It really depends who is asked. Asking Kramer Definitely Not.
Asking a $DBMM Shareholder......We're about to be Vindicated.