Starbreeze has class A and class B shares, with tickers 'Star A' and 'Star B', respectively. During 2016 they both hit their highest points around 16-17 SEK per share.

In December 2018 they both cratered to barely over 1 SEK per share. They're still at that price today.

More information:

"The insider trading took place in November 2018, one month before it emerged that Starbreeze faced insolvency, local publication Dagens Industri reports. Ahlskog stepped down from his position in October, and Klint followed in December.

Ahlskog used his insider knowledge of the company's financial troubles and limit his own losses by selling off shares. The ECO tells us that SEK 700,000 ($72,494) was seized -- the former manager's proceeds from his trading."

Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-13-former-starbreeze-cfo-convicted-of-insider-trading

There was one conviction, around a 4,000 dollar fine paid. Bo Andersson was cleared.

Do I think this investigation covered all of the potentially illegal activity at overkill and starbreeze? No way lol, I think most of us here know that their scummy behavior runs deep to the core. And my guess is that donation (oh sorry technically you were sold a mask so they weren't donations) fundraiser is directly related to the insider trading.

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/358133/ExStarbreeze_exec_convicted_of_insider_trading.php

a little late but... this is what I was referring to:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-05-starbreeze-reportedly-raided-by-authorities-one-person-arrested

@Zander273 any new news in particular, or just general news about Starbreeze?

all I'm getting is the distinct scent of burnt ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ;)

Don't know how much left there is to burn, but you're welcome to smell the ashes.

so um... hai guis...

I hope at least some of you remember me. I'm a dinosaur, I was around for the beta and my concerns started immediately with the '30 heists' lie and overkills reaction of trying to shame fans for daring to point out that they lied.

Rejoining this group after reading the news about starbreeze. I should probably be surprised but honestly the most surprising part about the news was that I found it in the updates section of Payday2 in my steam launcher.

I'm here to watch things burn now, like that pile of cash in firestarter.

we are not parrots, we are just carrots

we are not profits , we are just parrots

Clicked join after seeing how bad OTWD is. You guys might have been right from the beginning. Never thought I'd try to join this group but here we are.

h

deader than my grandma

Last warning Max , next time you're getting banned for antisemantism.

Sooo dead

"stumbles in " hooray!

It's not removed

It's a pretty big deal when a game gets microtransactions and then removes them in less than a year. I think it's worth a just a little praise, but not for the influx of half-baked DLC and numerous bugs in the game.

people can't read

And people still suck their ♥♥♥♥♥ and forgive everything.

It's sad, really.

Apparently, Payday 2 removed microtransactions!

I always changing my pic

Max, you changed your picture D:

That depends on person

What if THIS is the dark side?

Do you know there is a darkside of this group? http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/groups/TotallyNotVocalMinority

Man, to think this was a place to rationally come together for a common cause, nope.

First the mass unwarranted ban-apocalypse, then all this Ashley/Tuff drama ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I'm barely giving this group one more chance, I'm pretty much beyond caring for what's left save the few good noodles inside Payday 2's community. It's been fun, but there's greener pastures. I feel bad for the admins and moderators who got stuck with this mess, I know what it feels like being given the controls of a train on a collision course.

It looks like Tuffcooke gave me a good reason to leave this group. Guess you can't even trust the community. And I also used to respect Ashley during the interview the mods had with Almir... Not that I'm interested in whether Payday 2 will improve or not since I have completely stopped playing and plan on never coming back. I just don't care anymore.

Some people created drama out of thin air and in doing so destroyed the spirit of the group.

@Email Soup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU

I'd like to take a moment to
AHHH HELP THE BEEES
AHHHH THE BEES ARE STINGAH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

So much unneeded drama...

I whould like to take a moment to thx my m8 jon and thucy for re-adding me to the group. I dunno what happend, but I guess it's for the best. L8r. ~DB~

thanks for making me mod again.

@Mother_Flowers thanks for helping.

Sorry Light, don't have the power/permission to do so. I'll grab Thucy's attention though for ya

Can i be a mod again, i was enjoying it a bit.

I am just saying how words are being used. Language is not something which is being constructed in the most reasonable way, it grows dynamically and without real control.

I suppose that people who used terms like xenophoia and homophobia first wanted to imply how the characterized persons most likely act out of fear from strangers or homosexuals, and the term has then been adopted, accepted and simply changed its meaning to "no liking".

I dont like Tomatoes. does that mean I FEAR TOMATOES ?

Thucy wanted to unlock the forum last night, and he probably just messed something up, that's all. Wait for him to unlock it again, it will be alright.

And the use of phobia is correct here, because often prejudice derives from fear of some sort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia#Terms_for_prejudice

Tavish-chan is right. The fear of Ashley is very rational. Not because of she being a trans mind you, but because she is a mod. And mods, at least for me, are no longer trustworthy after the strike fiasco.

I'd like to note that she uses the word "phobia" wrong. A phobia is an IRRATIONAL FEAR. Not saying some mean things about someone because he's this or that.

I'm still waiting for my title

Oh lord semantics. Just treat everyone on the net as a genderless potato and move on darn it.

I believe (don't quote me on this though) we're waiting on Thucydides since he is our fearless leader.

Well, yeah referring to somebody by their preferred pronouns is a nicety trying to respect their wishes but hey, what do I know, as far as I'm concerned everybody on the internet is a dog. On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/427/569/bfa.jpg

As long as she has Y chromosome "he" is correct pronoun. Referring to her as "she" is just being nice towards her.

Well, hey, at the very least, if Ashley wants to claim some kind of "phobia", she should get it right, and if she wants to play this kind of card willfully, she should maybe at the very least tell people her preferred pronouns. Considering she's openly come out as Male-to-Female trans, I can only assume the feminine pronouns are correct. But I don't know. We can't be held to task when somebody wants to play victim while not even getting their "phobia" right.

Ikr? We will be forced to use proper pronouns ... Sorry I couldn't resist that one. But yea, I don't trust PD2 forums mods at all at this point.

@biodtox At the VERY least. But I wouldn't have ever granted her it. It's just going to cause more problems.

At least Ashley is no longer mod on this group.

So, drewb has been online for a few hours, Flowers went offline (again), and discussions are still closed, and ~10 hours ago when drewb said "We'll open up a thread for everyone to talk about quite a few things in the immediate future.", where was that?