If I then needed Next Bridge Hydrocarbons to trade in order to resolve my obligations after FINRA's U3 halt, I of course wouldn't speak up myself, but I'd get someone that hopefully couldn't be linked back to me.

Perhaps he just hasn't updated his LinkedIn yet but Marshall Gandy of the @SECGov's Fort Worth Regional Office isn't pictured in this year's Division of Examinations Leadership. Image 1 is the most recent picture. Image 2 shows Gandy present previously. Image 3 is Gandy's LinkedIn as of today. Image 4 highlights the issue... Gandy represents the Fort Worth Regional Office that brought charges against the former CEOs related to MMTLP, but the charges are concerning the 2021 reverse-merger that the SEC approved/made effective. Though the SEC first sent subpoenas regarding that investigation in September 2021, the SEC did nothing when the resulting Series A Preferred Dividend became tradeable the following month against the issuer's wishes. In spite of that investigation, the SEC approved/made effective the S1 to spin-off MMTLP into Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, but after thousands of investors complained when FINRA, the SEC, and the DTCC/NSCC seemingly colluded to hijack the MMTLP Corporate Actions, the SEC still did nothing. Over 70 members of Congress signed a historic Open Letter sent to Robert W. Cook (CEO of FINRA), and then SEC Chair Gary Gensler requesting answers concerning MMTLP and the trading halt, but the SEC/Gary Gensler avoided the questions. It's was only AFTER this Congressional pressure that the SEC appeared to use those unrelated charges to get Congress to stop asking questions about MMTLP and the trading halt. Kevin W. Goodman heads the SEC's FSIO (the department that's supposed to provide oversight of FINRA). He's also the only person to have officially held that position. Doesn't it seem like a conflict of interest for Gandy to have also been in the Division of Examinations with Goodman?! Gandy also used to work for FINRA so it isn't farfetched to imagine that Gandy's motivation would be to protect the SEC/Fort Worth and FINRA. What easier way to do so than to tell your buddy Goodman that under no circumstance is he to investigate FINRA's failure to adhere to their rules like 6490... Allegedly! Man I wish the @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept still cared about investigating & justice!

If I was a Market Maker/Broker-Dealer on FINRA's Market Surveillance Advisory Group and I also engaged in my own proprietary trading... (image 1) @sedaexperts Cam Funkhouser's departure might've presented an opportunity for me to take advantage of a gap in surveillance, especially if the timeframe lined up with the pandemic. (images 2 & 3) While I'm no position to say how much, if any of these "Securities Sold But Not Yet Purchased" can be attributed to MMTLP, I can say that GTS Securities appeared to be at the scene of the crime. (image 4)