Once the SEC gets involved, they'll probably have the legal authority to look under every rock for wrong-doing. If Auctus was involved in shorting XERI, that will come out -- as will any collusion by insiders, etc. Conspiracy theorists could be in for a major disappointment.
You should not be insinuating corruption like like that unless you have proof. The goal should be to get the stock up to its true value with or without Auctus nonsense