Well, simple. Alpine managed ( for whatever reasons ) to become a BULLSHIT company.
NEVER, that Dude you call the CEO should have let the stock destroyed by the shorts.
At that point no calling it a SCAM, but some could see it that way.
You are welcome to provide positive things that dude did for the LONG shareholders since his company joined the NASDAQ. I do not see any. Just gifts for the shorts.