penny stock scammers tend to be outrageously cocky. Hughes of ECNC didn't disappear and hes now in jail. Altomare didn't disappear and he is now in jail. Flaherty didn't disappear and she is now in jail. Edwards was caught and is now in jail awaiting extradition and i fully expect Casavant will be caught and extradited soon. They all think it isn't going to happen to them, or that the punishment will be no more than a slap on the wrist ... as it would have been just a few years ago. times have changed.
Besides, if you look at it logically, by disappearing they would be leaving MILLIONS on the table ... with which they can buy a fine defense team. Using SPNG as an example; if the insiders here are dumping just 2,000,000 shares per day at .04, thats $800,000 in 10 days ... $2,400,000 in 30 days ... $4,800,000 in 60 days. that would pay for a whole bunch of lawyering.