This is old-fashioned “kiting”, “paper-hanging”, NSFing. I hate it but you’re right: bailout incoming.
Yep, it was once done with paper checks, when electronics caught up, they switched to credit cards, when the card catchers got smarter, they moved into phishing for individual accounts and now hedge funds are shorting more than the number of stocks than are in existence, while waiting for a gummint bailout {once they got nailed}.
The bail out will come, and it shouldn't surprise anyone...masks for thee but not for me.
The Citadel is so well connected that it is not possible they don't get saved by the gummint.