That is possible, but nothing in the PR refers to the company's financial condition. It was a quite brief, innocuous PR. As long as some 'preparation' is done as the PR attests, then there was nothing illegal about it in any factual regard.
Maybe Richard quit, but that would call for replacing the PR, not removing it.
The Jan 9th PR about the 'several hundred million in assets' is missing, too. I e-mailed Rich about it and he said he didn't know why it wasn't there and would get it put back. That was a week ago....