Janice - I do recall you being quite surprised over on SI that he was convicted. Whether or not my memory is failing, and I suspect it is not, at the very least you do seem to condone or at least speak kindly about someone who was convicted of extorting CEO's to call off the shorts and whose claimed "perfect record was bolstered with the manipulative use of purloined FBI data.
You go from board to board often repeating the same stuff over and over. Often it is extreme criticism of small companies, claiming they are scams. There is no room for debate and perhaps justly so when it comes to these claimed scams. Yet, when it comes to scamming on the short side, you seem to be playing a different "shell" game.
Just a quickie search shows that you did seem to be a bit surprised or maybe I should have categorized it as disappointed. You do seem to use that "obsess" word quite often when things aren't quite going your way.
I think the above is why Ken Breen spoke of the membership and possible further action. I would not be surprised, if this trial results in a guilty verdict on the RICO counts, that asset seizures may be that further action. So, there may be quite a large group of people who have quite a bit riding on what the jury decides.
I agree with Pluvia that Breen is unnaturally and dangerously obsessed with this case, and that he's blown it all out of proportion. The chief bad guy should be Royer; after all, he's the one who betrayed his agency for personal gain.
As for the RICO charges, we'll see. They're notoriously difficult to prove. Not so long ago Les Price of MDMN got off scot free on charges arising from the Bermuda Short operation. I don't think anyone who'd followed Price over the years doubted that he was in fact guilty.
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