That is very interesting. So it sounds like the DT

That is very interesting. So it sounds like the DTCC has not communicated with the issuer at all, even after Roth sent a letter requesting information and a reason for the global lock. The question is, legally how long can the DTCC refuse to communicate with the issuer? There is a process whereby the issuer can refer the matter to the SEC for a kind of arbitration, and for the first time ever, the DTCC must communicate with the issuer in the appeal process and give the detailed reasons why the stock was placed on a global lock.

I guess perhaps it is time for Roth to contact the SEC about the global lock and lack of communication from the DTCC. I think though it is rather obvious what is going on, its not rocket science. The DTCC is merely a private corporation run and owned by Wall st bankers and executives of brokerage firms, the same individuals of whom serve as executives of the firms which are participants (clients) of the DTCC. When one or a few of the brokerages get themselves into a bind with one of the stocks they apparently have friends in high places, like the DTCC, to come to the rescue. The DTCC seems to use under the guise of the notion of protecting shareholders the global lock in order to actually instead protect their own participants by locking out any potential buyers of the stock. Under the global lock, very few brokerage houses continue to trade the stock, if any, this ensures the participants have total control over the stock price and volume. Why would they need absolute control over the price and volume? Well, just look at any stock which has ever been globally locked. What happens to the price on low volume? It tanks down to the "cellar", like "clockwork". Why do they tank the price down to the "cellar"? I will leave it up to the reader to ponder that question. Hint : it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the answer.