Thanks, this makes the MOST sense. Any criminal investigation would have had to have been announced, so the reason we are NOT getting to know why he was fired is because it needs to be "without cause" in order for him to collect his severance; and electing Tanya Durkee Urbach as an "independent director who has experience in corporate governance, corporate finance, business growth and securities litigation, compliance and regulatory issues, as Chairman of the Board" is to do the merger and acquisition transition.