As for the related party transactions, investors who have been following Kandi closely for several years tell me that these transactions have long been disclosed, and while I found the article hard to follow, I did not see anything which made me believe that company insiders were using related party transactions to drain money from the company.

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Dyck and Zingales say short-sellers started tipping off selective journalists about the "related-party" transactions involving Enron's senior officers and their insider trading.

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Item five on the agenda will be "approval of related party transactions" - a possible reference to the TNK-BP deal.

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The SEC also claimed that Quantek kept investors in the dark about certain related-party transactions involving Guerra.

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They will have to assess whether such transactions fall under the 'related party transaction' provisions of the FFP regulations and if so, what the fair value of the transaction really is.

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Adding to the murkiness of the soccer club's financial status is a plethora of related party transactions.

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Shareholders claim Gulf Resources engaged in undisclosed related party transactions, and Chinese regulatory filings showed that the company was materially smaller than it claimed to be.

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