"So, victory partners was left holding the bag along with the shareholders."
Oh, I'm sure Victory Partners and Emperial Americas made enough money from the TEMN pump and dump to cover any costs they may have incurred. Indeed, that's why they did it in the first place.
And now they're replicating the whole deal with their new scam TEXX.
And, incredibly enough, they have people who are prepared to help them in their endeavours to steal from naive investors with both TEXX and TEMN.
Shame really, that some folk will stoop so low, but then that - unfortunately - is human nature.