And to answer your last 2 questions; It is your responsibility...

And to answer your last 2 questions; It is your responsibility to determine the validity of a deal, if you want to of course, but don't expect anyone else to do it for you. If details are too light on for you to do so then you need to make a decision on what risk you attribute to your choices. If it comes to someone else investigating it, then it's probably too late for you.

And your money is in the pockets of who sold their stock to you, no conspiracy here.