It's been a week. SurfO hasn't bothered to return, so my perfect record on Pharaoh Challenges remains untarnished.
Even more noteworthy, not one person has provided even an edited copy of a statement from a broker. I'm beginning to doubt that ANY money has been placed with a broker, other than the sole MyFxbook account run by Exential.
Unfortunately, there are still people willing to put their money into a company which shows more and more signs of being a Ponzi scheme:
If you buy a stock and sell it later, the new buyer takes the risk of it going down. Unless you are doing insider trading, there's nothing wrong with this. On the other hand, if you buy the stock as part of an illegal scheme, then you bear legal and ethical responsibility for the damage your actions cause. Your profits would then be forfeit and you could end up facing charges.
Knowingly investing in a probable Ponzi and reaping profits based on money you know is very likely to be stolen from later investors would make you a willing accomplice who knowingly profited from a crime. This is one of the reasons the authorities have started clawing back illegally gained profits in Ponzi scams. It's only a matter of time until some government starts adding in some very appropriate criminal charges against accomplices.
"Screw everyone else! As long as I make money, I don't care what happens to those who join later." is a pathetic excuse for actively abetting and profiting from a crime. If I was the judge, this sort of complete disregard for other humans would lead me to give the maximum sentence.