[CedarDave]

... the $100,000 he paid McAuliffe turned into an $18 million windfall as McAuliffe's contacts helped Global Crossing's stock climb.

The question to be asked is when did McAuliffe cash out, and did he have inside knowledge in advance that Global Crossing's house of cards was going to crumble.

[zog]

---that's the money shot there, when and why did he cash out?

Would be nice to see boatloads of high flyers all go to the pokey. And have to run a gauntlet of mom and pop little guys who lost big on their worthless stocks on the way to the pokey, too.