*Debunking The Al from Boston Show’s Video: BUSTED!!!: THE GIANT AMC FRAUD REVEALED. All AMC shareholders should see this. Published, Dec 31, 2022. Introduction: Al from Boston advises and tells everyone (i.e. AMC shareholders) who are listening to this specific video to hire an attorney because we have been defrauded. It is a strong claim to make in the context he uses which I disagree with, and on par with the same kind of asinine rhetoric Charles Gasparino makes on a daily basis. Many of us know how much that wannabe Pulitzer prize winner (Assparino) shits on and hates AMC apes or shareholders. Let’s assume Al is correct. The next step would be to investigate his claims on this video and perhaps his other videos related to this one with a fine tooth comb to either confirm or debunk them. To confirm a finding means the arguments, data, etc., presented are valid with a sound interpretation and conclusion. To debunk a finding means to invalidate, expose, or discredit the arguments the research puts forward showing where the researcher has made their errors, and highlight the flaws in their findings. In short, please fact check and question everyone, especially those with credentials if possible and whenever possible, even if you have limited expertise in the area because you can always educate yourself through this process and may expose their fallacious method or thinking. In the end, everyone wins because you and the person you are essentially winnowing facts (sensible claims) from fiction (nonsense). This process is key in the scientific research method for building knowledge, and it is at the heart of science and academia! Finally, please feel free and by all means correct me as well since we are all infallible beings, and I by no means am perfect because anyone can be susceptible to cognitive biases, and to pure ignorance. I rather stand corrected than stand wrong in ignorance and believing I’m right. “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” –Stephen Hawking. Now, if you trust me, let's go down the rabbit hole like Alice in Wonderland together! Artist: Ursula Lopez (Qualitative Research) A Summary of the Claims made by Al from Boston: Claim 1: Philip Lader is an insider plant, whose plans was or is to destroy AMC Theaters. Claim 2 : Philip Lader’s daughter, Mary-Catherine Lader (Chief Operation officer of Uniswap Labs) is in cahoots for allowing the tokenized securities of AMC in the size of eight quadrillion as one of the examples amongst others for short sellers, aka SHF (Short Hedge Funds) to locate and short $AMC & $GME. Claim 3 : Uniswap and FTX are companies (exchanges) “Kenny” (Ken Griffin) and SHF used to do all the swaps with. Claim 4 : Jeremy Aron (Adam Aron’s son) is in on it. Claim 5 : Adam Aron knew about it since day one. As for one he knew about the 8 Quadrillion shares. Al from Boston stated, Philip Lader is a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities , and one of the prime lenders to you know who, “ the devil ” (Citadel). He sits on our board (AMC theaters), as well as many other boards of other private and/or public companies, and organizations. Al and UncleFrank I believe are best pals (livestream together sometimes), and they probably read some tweets by users they follow and trusted because he did reference a user by the name of “Dade.” Thus, I presume that Al & Frank did their own quick digging to validate such claims. From these findings Al concluded “ this was an inside con job .” He surmises that Adam Aron knew about it since day one If I am wrong, and they are right, kudos to them. But if they are wrong, and I am right from my research, then shame on them. I will note, I have been blocked by Al from Boston on Twitter, which is fine by me since I don't hold grudges. But I do realize how claims can spread so rapidly and easily like a virus, and many people actually believe it without due process or use means to protect themselves from fallen prey of misinformation and disinformation, especially to outlandish conspiracy theories. This issue on social media is real, it is rampant and really concerning. Yes, I’ve used an alternative account to grab these screenshots. Now, back to business. I do not think Jeremy Aron is worth even investigating. // So what... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9648273/AMC-CEOs-gift-7-million-chains-shares-two -sons-worth-31-million.html https://investor.amctheatres.com/governance/senior-officers-board-of-directors/person-details/def ault.aspx?ItemId=3993089b-fa24-49f8-938f-9b6aef9b2bf7 Philip Lader has served as a Director of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. since June 8, 2019 and was appointed as Lead Director in July 2021. Ambassador Lader is a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities, as well as the former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and Chairman of WPP plc (including Ogilvy & Mather, J. Walter Thompson, Young & Rubicam, Grey, Group M, Kantar, Hill & Knowlton, and Burson-Marsteller, among other companies in 124 countries). Philip Lader is obviously well connected since he was a former ambassador for the United States. While it is true that he sits on AMC’s board, and all these other boards like being a Senior advisor to Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities , I refuse to automatically assume that makes him a fraudulent individual without evidence that shows it to be the case without a shadow of doubt. Nevertheless, let's dive in to see if these claims hold water. I suggest people give him and others the benefit of the doubt before making serious accusations. Al is keen on the Morgan Stanley connection, Lader’s daughter from Uniswap Labs, and Adam Aron’s son. This has raised red flags for him due to finding Morgan Stanley, Citadel LLC, etc., on the short list of AMC stock last year, some questionable tokenized securities conveniently created on January 27th, 2021, and Jeremy Aron being a trader. Without further ado, let's investigate further to see what each of these connections mean. What is the role of a Senior Advisor? “Senior Advisors are responsible for tracking, analyzing, and providing advice on the company's policy and operational issues . Their duties cut across administration, analysis, and guidance on strategy and policy issues, analysis and monitoring of operational plans, and internal coordination.” https://www.zippia.com/senior-advisor-jobs/ “One of their primary responsibilities revolves around identifying areas in need of improvement.” https://www.zippia.com/senior-advisor-jobs/what-does-a-senior-advisor-do/ “Serves as the Chief Executive Officer's designee in his/her absence, at various meetings, conferences, and functions as needed and required.” https://ektron.pgcps.org/Compensation-and-Classification/Position-Descriptions/S-T/Senior-Adv isor-to-the-Chief-Executive-Officer/ In short, senior advisors are like consultants to a company because they hold vast experience and knowledge. In the same way a former Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke is a senior advisor to Hedge Fund-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named , Bernanke is someone whom I have criticized myself but he was put in a tough position during a financial crisis and I can’t deny his expertise in his area despite how blindsided and foolish he may sometimes appear to be. “Ben S. Bernanke is a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and also serves as a Senior Advisor to PIMCO and Citadel . From February 2006 through January 2014, he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.” https://group30.org/members/bio_current/bernanke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Lader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2NqYQONB4 (Philip Lader speaking at a conference, begin @ 14:12 minutes). https://nypost.com/2008/10/27/citadel-turmoil/ (I think some of us remember learning about back in the 08 crisis, Citadel was scared because of Morgan Stanley’s trouble, because if Morgan goes down they too would be out of business and not exist today. Citadel got out of that predicament. Ken Griffin made a speech about it and how he survived (margin call anyone?) which can be found in this ~1 hour video. Ken Griffin denying rumors they were in trouble: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/25hedge.html Morgan Stanley as a prime broker. https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/prime-brokerage-creating-a-culture-of-partnership https://www.reuters.com/article/businesspro-us-morganstanley-speculation-idUSTRE49R5VH20 081028 “NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley MS.N on Tuesday, slammed by market speculation that the bank had suffered losses related to hedge fund Citadel Investment Group and to automaker Volkswagen, on Tuesday said it had "virtually no exposure." Spokesman Mark Lake, knocking down rumors that had pushed its shares down 11 percent Tuesday, said the New York bank did not bear any exposure to either company. Morgan does not even currently have a prime brokerage exposure to Chicago-based Citadel, he said. “We have virtually no exposure to Volkswagen or to Citadel,” Lake said.” // The good old Volkswagen squeeze of 2008! https://www.theblock.co/post/68875/not-just-robinhood-brokers-combined-big-traders “Not just Robinhood: These three brokers combined made more than $300 million from big trading firms in Q1.” // PFOF (payment-for-order-flow) article. Al from Boston referenced a twitter handler by the name of “ nakedjockman ” (Dade Murphy). Dade found Philip Lader’s daughter– Mary-Catherine Lader . Her Linkedin profile lists her work experiences such as Managing Director in BlackRock, Council on Foreign Relations, etc. Al from Boston points out that she is a Chief Operating Officer of Uniswap Labs —Jun 2021-Present (1 yr, 7 months). In Lader’s wikipedia page it mentions he has two daughters . One went into finance, Mary Catherine Lader, and the other works in the film industry, Whitaker Lader. Why was this information conveniently left out? It could have been accidental to leave out that piece of information. Yet, I believe it would be in the best interest of Philip Lader for films and theaters to do well. Therefore it means he would also have an incentive for AMC Entertainment to survive, be profitable, and continue its operation. In other words, why would he ruin his own daughter's career? Why would Philip Lader want to ruin his own reputation, be it that he has a large network and a country he once represented, and I’d argue still represents indirectly through various companies and organizations? His reputation would be on the line and his legacy smeared. On to his other daughter, the financier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN4rieu1Xb8 (Mary-Catherine Lader interview). Uniswap Labs is a DeFi startup that contributes to the Uniswap Protocol and are the creators of the Uniswap Interface. Uniswap’s lawsuit : “Uniswap Labs is among the defendants in a proposed class action that alleges the cryptocurrency exchange is besieged by “rampant fraud” due to a lack of identity verification and the platform’s fee structure. The filing alleges many Uniswap users are unaware that the platform collects on every transaction fees that generate “vast profits” for the defendants, who the case says have issued tokens on the exchange themselves while serving as the architects of the fee structure at issue. Per the lawsuit, Uniswap, who reportedly averages around $1.5 billion in trading volume each day, allows for the issuance of “thousands of scam tokens,” many of which are linked to “rug pulls,” “pump-and-dump” and Ponzi schemes, and other fraudulent conduct. “To date, Uniswap has siphoned over $1 billion in fees from its users so that issuers of tokens may continue to profit from their conduct—no matter how fraudulent,” the case, filed in Manhattan federal court on April 4, alleges. “According to the complaint, the tokens traded on the Uniswap exchange are, in truth, unregistered securities, and the defendants, the lawsuit claims, have failed to disclose their control over the tokens issued on the exchange—including EthereumMax, Bezoge Earth, Matrix Samurai, AlphaWolf Finance, Rocket Bunny and BoomBaby.io—in a transparent manner.” “The lawsuit looks to represent all persons who bought any of the tokens listed on this page on the Uniswap exchange between April 5, 2021 and the present and were harmed thereby.” Source: https://www.classaction.org/news/scam-tokens-class-action-alleges-uniswap-labs-has-done-nothi ng-to-stop-rampant-fraud-on-crypto-exchange An article I came across that is also interesting where someone on Twitter claimed over 95% of the tokens listed on Uniswap are scams. But someone else replied saying the methodology the researcher used was flawed. https://cryptoslate.com/over-95-of-tokens-launched-on-uniswap-are-scams-research/ Some screenshots on the exchange between the source of the claim (paper), and twitter users: As always one should be cautious and wary of scams. Best to avoid them! Crypto and NFTs are ripe with scams since many people don’t have much experience or knowledge on them. Before investing into anything and before serious accusations, do your research, do your research, do your mf’n RESEARCH!!!! https://cointelegraph.com/news/cybersecurity-analyst-reveals-8-sneaky-crypto-scams-on-twitter- right-now Back to Al from Boston’s video. Pardon and excuse me for deviating a bit, BUT it was absolutely NECESSARY! Al From Boston claims Uniswap is the company “Kenny” (Ken Griffin) used to do all the swaps with. He briefly shows and mentions a previous video he did on FTX, and its connection with AMC, the Wrapped AMC Token on https://etherscan.io/ which are on the Ethereum chain. If you haven’t yet read Sam-Bankman Fried thread on his perspective of January 28th, 2021. It is well worth a read. https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1548292381023211521?lang=en I came across Dade Murphy’s tweets such as this one: Here Murphy is just plain wrong because AMC and Adam Aron were fighting unofficial “Ape Community Tokens” that were created, and not referring to anything else. Although, I do not doubt that AA and AMC would denounce any other tokens that do not represent AMC and may hurt its brand and violate its trademark. An article was published before Adam Aron tweeted about it on Yahoo finance claiming to be the official token or coin for AMC. I did think of a few rebuttals to Murphy’s tweet. Adam Aron did take action, just look at his old tweet! He publicly denounced the AMC token. Also, if you sue someone or report them, that does not mean it will stop their fake product from being removed from a platform. Indeed, I can take your identity online, and you can report me to get me banned, but then again, I can make another account. This is what makes digital technology harder to stop criminal activities, or unethical behavior. Hell, we know China steals the IP’s (Intellectual Property) of U.S companies. Counterfeit products are a thing folks, Duh, like counterfeit shares! It is not so easy to stop others like China and street vendors from selling knockoff products. AMC theaters will have their brand name used by others to sell merchandise. Another analogy I used was of Elon Musk's crusade against Twitter bots. No matter how hard he tries, there will be another way or loophole for them to exist, and it is extremely difficult to completely eradicate bots. Just take a look at the Youtube comments of impersonators. In essence, if someone wants to steal your identity online, it is now easier than ever. YOU can't stop anyone from taking your image and YOUR name to impersonate YOU on social media platforms like Twitter, and we have all seen when they use a slight deviation from people’s username. In the same way, you can't always stop others from using the AMC ENTERTAINMENT brand for their shitcoins, tokens, or selling unofficial products (AMC merch). Hence, Elon Musk as the CEO of Twitter, and Adam Aron being the CEO of AMC theaters, there is only so much they can do to fight for certain things to be removed, whether that is bots on a social media platform , or fake tokens on a DeFi platform Al from Boston’s video that shows a powerpoint like presentation: Citadel’s Relationship with FTX and Almeida Research (list of claims): // Spellcheck: Alameda Research. ● NFT used as collateralized (Ponzi scheme). ● Created MULTIPLE tokenized stock on Crypto blockchains to destroy shareholders value by selling shorts. ● Those sells get reported on the NYSE and price goes down. ● Engaging in cross-market manipulation. ● $4.2 Billion transaction in FTT Tokens and found to be connected to GME Token created on January 27th, 2021 with U.S. government bailout money. ● 8 Quadrillion shares exist explicitly to naked shares to death. At first glance, I’ll be honest, my head hurts from these list of claims. But I’ll accept them in the time being and be open minded about it. It does appear Al is going from his emotions, rather than leaning on reason. I am sure he is capable and smart enough to lean on his reason, which he has shown from time to time, and for me there’s nothing wrong with being passionate about a subject or tapping into one’s emotions. But you fall in the trap where it can cloud one’s judgment and inhibit your ability to reason. Having heart (passion) is fine, but don’t forget to balance it by using your mind to reason. With that being said, I think it is imperative to learn more about the crypto space, DeFi, NFTs, etc. to dispel FUD (Fear Uncertainty, & doubt). SO WHAT THE HELL IS UNISWAP AGAIN? AND what are wrapped tokens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWOwUXzU8wQ (Uniswap Is A Unique DEX; Here’s Why!) “Uniswap is a decentralized exchange which runs in the Ethereum blockchain and gives everybody the ability to market and swap tokens.What is Uniswap, exactly? Investors can trade cryptocurrencies on decentralized exchanges known as DEXs without registering with a centralized exchange like Coinbase or Binance. Uniswap is one of the most well known DEXs in the world handling more than a billion dollars in cryptocurrencies everyday. Being a ERC-20 Token, the Uniswap token executes transactions on Etherium’s blockchain as opposed to its own. Many cryptocurrencies, including the bulk of NFTs utilize the Ethereum blockchain, so this isn’t exactly new since smart contract technology is the key technology Ethereum has over Bitcoin. Uniswap is really nothing more than a collection of interconnected smart contracts that function as a decentralized exchange.” Decentralized finance (DeFi) is an emerging financial technology based on secure distributed ledgers similar to those used by cryptocurrencies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow8J372r_g&t=28s (Founder of Uniswap, Hayden Adams). This is a really interesting read! https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/12/08/hayden-adams-king-of-the-defi-degens/ One of the things that stood out to me was the automated market making. “Democratizes market making.”