These investigations are holding up EVERYTHING.
If we have someone or a group of someones who want to buy in/out this stock, they will most certainly want the SEC out ov the picture. If it is a buyin, they want them out so that the stock will rise with institutional investors after their announcement. if it is a buyout, they want it "clean" so they have no problems in the future, just because you buyout doesn't mean ERHC's little problem goes away.
Bayfisher is right, this is the problem and was put there intentionally for the biding of time for someone. IMO. But who? Well it certainly worked.
When we get new management, I bet we have a series of announcements either before or after.