Yes, but they accepted the piece of paper twice once for 40m shares and once for 71m shares (well the second time it was a derivative of the first).
If the CD was an out and out fake thats fraud and they havent paid for either tranche of shares in any shape or form I think.
The Crown Pharma thing also interests me because it let the auditors off having to audit the cash at year end (it was in Crown Pharma). The splitting/ reissuing of the CD could also have been where the fraud occurred.
It would still be intersting to know to which bank and in which name the LFI placing cash was sent by Merills et al.