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So there I was, checking the web at 6am, as is my wont, when I spotted the news that the two co-founders of Neteller had been arrested in the US (on opposite sides of the country). Neither is involved in the day-to-day running of the company (Neteller executives have, unsurprisingly, been making travel arrangements this year that do not involve US airports) although at least one of them remains a significant shareholder, but the markets don't give a shit about things like that, and I could well see blood on the streets as soon as the matter became common knowledge.So I got into work, opened up my Finspreads account page, and got ready to short the shit out of the stock the second that the Finspreads market opened at 8am.Except that, unfortunately, the Neteller guys got up early as well, and they obviously know about people like me, and learnt from the Empire Online debacle when Party shafted them. So they requested that the shares be suspended.Bastards.