"...then did the company ever give back the shares it grabbed from shareholders who did not want to go through the expense of defending themselves?..." link please
RDG, if you bought through a broker you had nothing to worry about.
In addition to the search for air shares, I remember he was also seeking ill gotten shares that might have been distributed by Pammy & Pino, via U.S. Postal Service or another bulk package shipping company.
I paid good money for what I thought were real shares, and I wasn't about to give them up without a fight.