{"id":791,"date":"2007-06-23T21:23:48","date_gmt":"2007-06-24T02:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequence-inc.com\/fraudfiles\/2007\/06\/23\/interesting-question-posed-to-patrick-byrne-of-overstockcom\/"},"modified":"2007-09-13T09:06:35","modified_gmt":"2007-09-13T14:06:35","slug":"interesting-question-posed-to-patrick-byrne-of-overstockcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/interesting-question-posed-to-patrick-byrne-of-overstockcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting question posed to Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Antar<\/a> has uncovered some interesting information. I would love for Patrick Byrne, Overstock CEO to respond to Sam’s questions about this (and now the questions are mine too!).<\/p>\n

Patrick is involved with an organization called National Coalition Against Naked Shorting<\/a> (NCANS). Naked short selling<\/a>, as defined by Wikipedia:<\/p>\n

Short selling is the practice of borrowing stock, then selling it in hopes that the price will go down and it can be bought back at a lower price with shares to replace the borrowed ones. “Naked shorting” refers to short selling a stock for sale without first borrowing the shares or making an “affirmative determination” that the shares can be borrowed. The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a regulation, known as Reg SHO, seeking to curb abusive naked shorting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the NCANS message board, Patrick Byrne (aka Hannibal) posted the following :<\/p>\n

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:21 pm
\nSubject: Cry ‘Havoc!’ And let slip the dogs of war.<\/p>\n

Dear TeamO:<\/p>\n

ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT MAKE ANY STOCK PURCHASE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT I AM EXPLAINING HERE. I JUST THINK IT IS TIME THAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE WALL STREET LEARN A BIT ABOUT HOW THEY PLAY THE GAME THERE.<\/p>\n

Now the story gets really interesting. We came out swinging last week with a full page ad in The Washington Post<\/strong>, explaining this issue. It cost $100,000: I donated about $20k of that<\/strong>, and spent a lot of time working with O’Brien through email (as I have never met him yet), getting the ad just right. Meanwhile, he opened his ncans.net site, which explains all of this thoroughly.<\/p>\n

In the last few days, The Empire Has Begun To Strike Back. That will be the subject of my next posting.<\/p>\n

Patrick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bold has been added by me.<\/p>\n

Then on May 28, 2007, in a post on InvestorVillage.com<\/a>, Patrick wrote the following under his Hannibal screen name:<\/p>\n

How much was paid to the National Assn. Against Naked Shortselling?:
\nA COUPLE YEARS AGO I DONATED AROUND $75K TO NCANS<\/strong> (I ASSUME THAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN?) BUT BOBO USED THAT TO BUY AN AD IN THE WASHINGTON POST<\/strong> SO I DO NOT THINK OF THAT AS A “PAYMENT” TO BOBO.<\/p>\n

Bold is again added by me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Patrick…. how much was really given to NCANS for this Washington Post ad? And why does the amount change in your posts on message boards? <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/a><\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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