Any updates on the ol girl?

you cannot write off the capital without selling the shares. But as always, discuss this with your accountant. Note you're not the only disgruntled shareholder on this dog. That's part of investing in penny stocks, they don't always pan out

They dont need to pay themsrlves, they had already stripped everything of worth including your capital and are doing just fine, probably in Costa del Sol or Bahamas nowadays.