The bottom line is this... if you're going to operate a busines in the financial services sector, you don't go dark. Period.
Yeah, fine, we agree, but comparing someone to Madoff is one step short of a comparison to Hitler. It's a little too much and makes people not take you seriously.
(the thread is now officially over, btw!)
Why would you even say such a thing? Have you made attempts to contact them? If you have, please tell us about it. If this is your first attempt to find out, isn't it too harsh? Trash talking first and apologizing later is not cool. (I am assuming you'll apologize after you find out that there is nothing wrong, a likely scenario)
Isn't there enough strife in the world already?