Market makers actually do naked short and cover within 3 days (for the most part) as part of their "making a market." They are however, allowed to make money on their account and they control the "market" better than the house does at any casino. Still, there is an underworld that naked shorts OTC stocks into oblivion. Some of it is legal. Some is not. Some shorting involves vaper shares where the shares are never properly recorded and kind of disappear. I personally became friends with a paid basher of OTC stocks who attend the same law school. It is why I have a certain respect for those who fish and complain daily. I am confident that HMBL was artificially inflated by a couple of groups and then after the run, they shorted the hell out of it. I also believe that they are now covering while debt is being converted. Oh... and Michelle is likely dumping her shares like they are hot. .003 is the magic number. A few contracts have that number as the profit point. Expect the stock to hang slightly above .003 for a few months. After that, the company either dies on the vine or hits big. For me, it is a stock that is worth the gamble.