"...and expanding and acquiring new vistas was the objective"
How the hell do you know? Step back, think for a minute. Do you really think the objective was for the greater good while increasing the OS, journaling shares into multiple nominee accounts, buying and selling, controlling the price, withdrawing funds from nominee accounts... please tell me you aren't quite THAT blind. Good grief, man!
But, agreed, we'll all find out together whether anything was actually "illegal" or not. It WAS bad enough for the OSC to allege fraud, though, so far... right? Or have they actually been charged with fraud already? I can't even remember.