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Interesting update...

What's most notable to me is the fact that it's clearly been written by more than one author - that's very apparent from the stylistically well-written and grammatically correct paragraphs, contrasting with the other paragraphs that are rushed, crushingly ineptly expressed, littered with the most basic of errors - and thus nigh on meaningless.

Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are of the first variety - well and idiomatically written. That's because they are no doubt pure copy n paste - generic truisms that literally state no more than:-

1. Being overweight is bad for your health.
2. Being overweight can lead to Type 2 diabetes
3. The treatment of Type 2 diabetes and its complications costs a lot of money

So, well-written but simply the most obvious general platitudes that say nothing new about anything to anyone - presumably by throwing those big (and no doubt accurate) billion pound numbers around, Amit's trying to make his alleged solution more credible...

...except here's where he runs into trouble, because he himself now has to pen some words about Cloudtag's phantom intellectual assets and business strategy in an attempt to look convicing. Oops...

(TBC)

AIM4, I also haven't read the whole article in last week's Times - for the self-same paywall reasons.

However, it seems to be an investigation into the uselessness of Action Fraud, the police's public-facing reporting service, plus a condemnation that the police as a whole cannot cope with the sheer amount of fraud cases, which they are being made aware of.

If the company has been sold (and please, don't hold your collective breath), presumably discussions around its sale have been ongoing for some months.

Which would then beg the question - why bother closing down Cloudtag Caymans and establishing brand-new NewCo in St. Vincent, if Amit knew it was imminently going to get sold?

I suspect the answer would be obvious...

Suhail is by his own admission a short-term trader. And nothing wrong with that either - it's a perfectly valid way to try to make a profit out of AIM.

Having said that, it is obviously relevant to view every post he makes here in the full foreknowledge of his personal investment strategy regarding ANGS. His motivations, advice, expressed opinions, agenda and objectives will of course necessarily differ quite radically from those of long-term holders.

I personally don't read too much that's additionally ominous into that, Latino - let's face it, it's not like we need any more.

Seems to be simple confirmation that CTAG UK and CTAG Caymans (where the registered office got moved to a couple of years back) are both being reported as closed by Companies House.

As per Q4's announcement on the latest CTAG corporate shenanigans, "old tired Caymans" CTAG has been disappeared, to be replaced by "brand shiny new" CTAG, which has its registered offices in St. Vincent.

Perhaps to pass the time, we should come up with suggestions for the most appropriate collective noun for Cloudtag website updates and (what seems like decades ago) RNSes.

A mythology? A Pinocchio? A snake oil? A dissimulation?

JDentist, not that I think there's much chance, but don't forget the Nomad (Cairns, I believe). Nomads have a specific fiduciary obligation to check and sign off on the veracity of any info released via RNS to ensure (allegedly) that shareholders are not misled or lied to...

Plus, unlike Amit and newco St Vincents Cloudtag, Cairns' office and management are easily locatable...

To be fair, the company showing as Closed/Converted is the Caymans based one, so hardly surprising.

There's no sign of the NewCo (also allegedly called Cloudtag Inc) and registered in St. Vincent - but then again, I doubt that Companies House has any remit or responsibility to show details on any companies based in such murky offshore locations.

I'll bet that the only reason Companies House was showing any info on closed Caymans Cloudtag was because it was originally incorporated in the UK (I think from memory) and transitioned over to Caymans before vanishing.

Well wonders will never cease - that latest oh so significant "update" has been corrected. Perhaps Amit does read these BBs after all.

I suspect he might well actually - if you think about it, this last "update" is again odd. Not odd for CTAG of course, because it's the usual evidence-free promise of jam tomorrow... but the timing of it is interesting. because it's occurred just as not a small number of the previously very faithful have over the last two or three weeks shown clear signs of looking to see if any punitive action can be taken against ABH and the company. (I personally don't think it can for a second at this verylate stage, but hey).

Plus of course ABH will be being kept fully informed of discussions going on amongst various groups of disgruntled LTHers by the fair few company shills that without a doubt have infiltrated said groups.

Which may well explain the appearance of this latest and typical piece of smokescreenery, that's clearly intended to do nothing more than stall and distract.

AIMO.

Saved me the bother of pointing that out, AIM4.

I 'm absolutely sure that it's only Amit himself typing out these snippets of nonsense, but one would have thought that he could have managed to proof-read and correctly issue a 22 word "update" (which as you point out should only have been 21 words).

Clearly, once amateurish, always amateurish.

"Fools like HeadInTheSand..."

"In my humble opinion, people should always be very wary about those who post generic emotional or ad-hominem rubbish..."

Comedy gold, albeit unwitting.

Perhaps keep taking those self-awareness supplements, Steptoes. Maybe they'll kick in one day?

Weald, that's a fair point actually. Steptoes' amazing ANGS positivity has only been in play on LSE as a whole since Dec 27th - so that's a total of just two weeks now. Hardly an old lag...

Mind you, he's been a busy boy in those 14 days, racking up 181 posts (and counting) in that timeframe. Primarily on UKOG, which he's equally positive on - but he really doesn't like UJO.

People may of course decide for themselves what the agenda of such a brand-new yet so prolific poster is most likely to be about...

I'll bet there is, RK. Thing is, I could never be bothered with Twitter. Plus as I've said, that ship has long sailed - so perhaps I'll just wait for the Sunday Times exposé or the Panorama investigation. (If only, eh?)

Does anyone actually fall for these types of orchestrated efforts by blatant short-term marginal traders to make a quick few percent any more?

Could there be any more obvious an effort to control the short-term narrative by spamming the living bejaysus out of this BB with posts every 3 minutes? I tell you, you used to get a more skillful type of hustler... today's variants are as clumsy as they are boring.

Tag team P&D in play - again. This BB will get spammed to Hell and back till it's over.

The standard of pump n dumper here has been truly woeful over the last week or so. I mean, could they have been any more obvious?

Some ID nobody's ever seen before rushes in, announces "I'm an honest chartist who's just bought in big because thius is screaming buy signals at me! I'm seeing a clear reverse candlestick pattern, accompanied by a chicken yakitori and a fuchsia dragon tailstand, so I'm buying in big and I'm here for the long haul!" and literally floods the board with countless irrelevant "jam tomorrow" posts.

I can just about muster up some grudging respect for an able and slick hustler - but this is truly dismal. However, now he's made his marginal 5% at the expense of the more naive, he'll utterly disappear...

Out of interest, I wonder what the Hell is meant by "a single arm medical research"?

Lewie, I think investors can already easily prove they've lost pounds solely because of Amit and Cloudtag. Millions of them.

...and Amit is of course "very pleased" (very pleased... not just pleased) to announce the publication of Heather Morgan's massively in-depth study... you know, the one being discussed over the last few days... the one where only 15 people signed up for the four week study... the one where only 6 people completed the 4 weeks... the one where the other 9 gave up because they so disliked the Onitor and/or its app... the one where, according to the words of the published study themselves, " actual activity monitored by the Onitor® Track, such as the step count and heart rate, was not available for analysis. "

Here's a copy n paste of the latest update on the Cloudtag website, pasted word for word.

"Amit Ben-Haim CEO of Cloudtag Inc is very pleased to announce the publication of a single arm medical research concerning Cloudtag’s proprietary technology showing weight loss along with body mass index reduction over the period of the trail at various end points.

Non-communicable disease rates associated with being overweight or obese are rising. Technologies warrant consideration as weight loss interventions. Cloudtag’s® Onitor® Track, a dual-position wearable plus smartphone application, monitors energy expenditure and provides tailored exercise programmes. This research aimed to undertake an experimental study of 20 overweight and obese women using the technology; explore its feasibility and acceptability through interviews; and investigate its behaviour change techniques. The primary outcome was decreased body weight (kg) at 4?weeks. Secondary outcomes were body mass index (kg/m2) and waist circumference (cm) changes.

I would like to take this opportunity and congratulate both Ms Kelly Buchan and Dr Heather Morgan for their excellent work and dedication seeing this research through to publication in the Health Informatics Journal on 17th December 2019."

And as usual Cloudtag's professionalism shines through. It's a "trial", Amit, not a "trail". You know, a trial... but that's probably a word you should be scared of, given your flawless stewardship over the company and investors' funding.

Secondly, it's amusing how this update was clearly written by Amit himself (who else is there left?) He start off talking about himself in the 3rd person in an effort to achieve some credibility and gravitas (epic fail, but anyways). Then he forgets himself by closing with "I would like to thank..."

Equally as tragic as it is comedy gold.

Rktech is right.... academics publish details on studies they've carried out, regardless of how comprehensive (or not) that study may have been. It's just what they do - though I agree with Dougal that it's taken an awful long time to publish the results of such a tiny study.

People may make what they will of the study, which can be found in full here :- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1460458219890790

To correct Dougal's earlier comment, although 20 women were formally invited to take part in the four week study, only 15 actually did, with 9 of those dropping out by week two (mainly due to dissatisfaction with the product) - so the study completed with a sample size of just 6...

Well... if anyone can be bothered, at least there's not long to wait to see if there's any truth in this one, I suppose.