Warshaw Burstein, Christian Levine Law Group Retained by Shareholder Group to Investigate Market Manipulation Scheme

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warshaw Burstein, LLP, a full-service law firm in New York City, today announced that along with the Christian Levine Law Group and several industry consulting experts, it has been retained by Flamethrower, LLC (“Flamethrower”) to investigate whether tens of thousands of unsuspecting investors were fraudulently sold hundreds of millions of unauthorized, “phantom” shares of Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc. by market makers, broker dealers and other third parties.

This investigation will also focus on whether fraud was committed in connection with the listing of Metamaterials, Inc.’s (“MMTLP”) shares and whether Torchlight, Inc. and MMTLP were targeted by broker dealers, market makers and other third parties who employed a scheme or device to manipulate their share prices.

Flamethrower, a consortium of shareholders, is committed to investigating and prosecuting every company or individual who engaged in a market manipulation scheme that targeted these companies and will seek to hold them financially liable for their unlawful conduct.