Thursday, March 4, 2021 On Friday, February 26, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced in a press release that they are suspending trading in 15 stocks in an effort “as part of its continuing effort to respond to exploit investors during the recent market volatility.” The February 26, 2021, order issued by the SEC states that “none of the issuers has filed any information with the SEC or OTC Markets, where the companies’ securities are quoted, for over a year. The SEC said that this followed the suspension of trading in some six stocks in the prior week. In each case, the SEC asserts that they appear to “have been the targets of apparent social media attempts to ARTIFICIALLY inflate their stock prices” (emphasis added).