The tangled web you try to weave. AMAZING! AMAZING!! I believe Megas asked the SEC to enforce the laws already in place and remove the shares that were sold and settled that don't exist. You know what it's called right? Yeah I thought so. A FORCED BUY IN to remove a HUGE short position. One would think that if fraud was taking place SOOOOOO frequently as to imply the guilt toward BCIT being hijacked or any other publically traded stock of fraud that the SEC or DTC could figure out how to prevent the theft on their watch while they CLEARED and settled it. So you want a better analogy. If you apply for welfare hiding any assets you already have or are in the process of making it's called welfare fraud. If you buy stocks for investors as a broker taking their cash assets and commisions and never actually buy the security it's called liquidity. If you get caught while collecting welfware you likely go to jail, but no matter what you are forced to pay it back. If you naked short a stock (commit fraud by never purchasing the secirity you were paid to acquire)as a broker you serve no jail time, pay no fines, penalties, refund, or taxes (which could be used to fund those deserving welfare)on the cash assets you committed fraud to acquire. The rich get richer stealing from those who need help the most. Even more pathetic. Only those on welfare or unemployement owe taxes.