How much would you care if you read about someone losing their money in a penny stock that claimed to have IP comparable "patents on water"?
Ask the BreX, vaporware, enron, and of course my favorite, an agoracom darling xybr people that were scammed.
Unfortuantely there are more than enough people out there to take the money of others. I do not think there is anything special about ptsc/tpl.
Just today's news alone, http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AgccSa_csXp5nPcofkAbBrkp2YdG;_ylu=X3oDMTBkZ3F2ODY0BHNlYwNVSCBTZWFyY2g-;_ylg=X3oDMTFvcGs0cnBnBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANibG9nBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3?p=hedge+fund+arrest&fr=ush1-finance
doing a search of hedge fund arrests.
Wall St is a rigged game.
IMO, nobody cares about your money gained or lost besides yourself and your shipmates.
Good Luck
(I) C.W.