i understand Dave was the owner but what he did,albeit illegal,was'nt exactly the crime of the century for god's sake..quite frankly,i could care less that he did that..i was front running some insider trades...i think most people would of done that or at least thought about it..once again,you are dealing with some wall street guys;not street guys(criminal/knock around guys) that no how to cover up crimes..why Dave did'nt have someone else froma completely different firm that noby knew about make some trades is a mystery..if that were the case,the governemnt would have an extremely weak case against him as it would only rely on "he said /she said...the fact that he made the trades cooberates testimony..also,someone ratted out everyone;obviously...the guys that threatened to rat Dave out are actually guilty of a more serious crime/extortion...this whole thing makes good headlines but it really was'nt a serious crime where individual investors got hurt from some pump and dump scheme..Dave will probably get a fine..since its a Fed CASE and not state,anyone that does get any jail time will go to a minimum security prison not state,,minimum's are'nt are'nt that bad..only problem is the fed system has no parole which mean you do all your time..state time you can get paroled after serving a third...also,this does not affect Assent in any way,,it was isiolated to a few guys,nothing pervasive.
