I was lucky to make some money, very lucky. The only reason I believe it is not a pump and dump literally is that the company has not pumped or drilled. Other than that, I believe it is a stock pump and dump which hurt many small investors. With all their new leases and plans to drill, the company has ONE employee whose stock exploded.
I agree that a 5/1 split made no sense and the fact that trading was frozen for many after the split confirms this was a scam.