Don't know about Canada, but if it turns out that there is a possibility that he may have sold based on inside info., such a blatant sale as this, after consistently buying; there would be a major investigation if this happened in the US. And it would be a Federal felony. Remember Martha Stewart? Therefore, I seriously doubt that this sale had anything to do with inside info., unless the laws are completely different in Canada. Regardless of wnether the man is honest, he simply couldn't be that stupid. There would be no hiding such a major turaround. I suspect that Vette is correct; the man simply needed money in a hurry. Anything is possible, but this is one worry I would put in a category of less likely than getting run over by a car in my nightly dog walk.