Spot on Surfside!!
Totally agree with what you laid out. The situation these "managers" find themselves in was NOT part of the plan. The APA buyout was meant to have gone through and the spoils divided. What is occuring now must be horrendous for them... It's probably their worst nightmare. Well, they can't back out now.. Hopefully they will be forced to.
We need a swift, wide broom. Probably not gonna happen but at least ALOT more people are onto them and their increasingly desperate measures.
I reckon things are going to get interesting!!