I have never defended this company or made any statements about...

I have never defended this company or made any statements about its value. It is probably a complete dog. Whether this is a large group getting out or not is completely irrelevant to what I said. For every sale there must be a buyer!

I seriously think you are dreaming if you think there wasn't somebody buying the stocks that were being sold, and if you can't see algorithmic trading and understand why it is used then I suspect you should stop doing this immediately.