"So Alonzo Pierce has been involved all along with the Emperial
Americas management team which some have posted are a gang of
crooks."
Indeed. When you're running a pump and dump scam like Emperial Americas, you need a new story if yiou're going to run it a third time.
The old
"my partners were crooked, but I'm an honest guy and I didn't know they were crooks, but give me all your money and I'll make it up to you, really I will"
is a time-honored play from the Grifting with Penny Stock Shells For Dummies playbook.
And it is being executed with a certain classic grace and elegance here, complete with ringers in the crowd to help fleece the marks.