Yep, it was LAST July ("between may and july" -Bill McEwen) that employees stopped getting paid, and it was last year they were forced from their offices...
Now that we know when the employees wern't getting paid, we know that the CAM crap happened during a time when they had no money. They had already stopped paing employees.
It's very clear now that they were quite literally "Gambling" with money customers sent them. They only intended to fullfill their commitments *IF* they gambled and won. At least with an illegal financial pyramid scheme you know you're at risk... Amiga never disclosed the fact they would be spending the customers money on other things while waiting to get "lucky" to fullfill those obligations.
That's really slimey. I sympathise with their position before the CAM issue, but they really pulled a fast one on everyone who trusted them.
I wonder if I put an ad on the net claiming I'll sell a generic coupon for $50, and the cost is $50 up front, and then went to Las Vegas instead of sending the coupons, hoping to come out ahead, if I'd be criminally charged if I lost the money? "But your honor, I fully intended to honor the coupons if I won!"
Disgracefull. :-(