I'm with you there Ultimate...I'd love to see these turds going off to prison. What I'd really like to see is an efficient market regulating body that isn't bought off (as is the SEC), so that short sales of non-borrowed shares is vigorously investigated and punished. I don't know if you followed the Overstock.com suit over their short attack, but it's a pretty epic little tale. The SEC is like a limp dick on this crap. Here's a link to a good article about Overstock's battle:
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-economi...im-abusive