I met him in person at the trial of Tim Moses. CEO of IBCL/BSTI. He was hired to combat a group of subpenny shorters from the Caymans. He was a witness for the prosecution - his testimony was given to save him from stuff he did - according to him.
Well you should go back to Avi and ask him if he was shorting sub penny stocks. I will guarantee you he was not.
Look up the court testimony.
As for your response, I didn't say anyone was shorting HMBL recently. You can't handle talking to others and talking to me without thinking I am saying what they are. HMBL had toxic debt. Those lenders, I guarantee, were shorting the stock within 10 days of asking for certificates. They were getting a 25% discount on their shares and by shorting, they got a ton more shares. I know... the smartest guy in any room calls it "shorting against the box" but it is simply covered shorting. Not illegal. In fact, most of HMBL's contract specifically said that selling shares before obtaining certificates was not "shorting" and not illegal.
Anyway, if the deal happened today, debt must be completely gone TODAY per contract. So it doesn't matter at all.