This one involved strategic executive shuffling, secretive organization policy changes, shell companies, and over a billion dollars initial investment. They were probably right in the middle of it. Especially considering the thing they were buying for $1B is likely actually worth $2B+.

The crazy thing is that this is probably all within the confines of the law.

Unfortunately, a three tiered government means the law is written by congress, not by the people who see the injustice of the law and want to fix it =(