no way they were instructed to lie, or if they were instructed to lie that they would do it. That isn't how it is done if you want to stay in business very long. Either the numbers are available and given, or we would be told they are not available.
This spin that the numbers are old is just that, spin. What the heck, they are bad enough as it is, and I don't see em getting better, or for that matter the dilution stopping.