Ah hah. The infamous and damning Hipple filing. AEGY and SKTO coulda shoulda been transparent with the SEC about his involvement with the companies. There was no reason to deny it like Benz did. That was a major f up. Litigious mindset.

What would have happened if the companies went to the SEC and were upfront about wanting to have Hipple work with the companies within the guidelines set in his SEC "sentence"? No biggie. What would the investment community have thought had the companies issued a press release about his involvement as set by the SEC? I would have welcomed this type of transparency.