> The company had about 230 employees, had offices in Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, Selsdon and Steinhausen, and did business throughout the world.

That's a... really strange list of office locations, especially considering the relatively small number of employees.

> The owners of Crypto AG were unknown, supposedly even to the managers of the firm, and they held their ownership through bearer shares.

How does this work in practice? If management doesn't know who owns the company, how can the owners exercise influence on company business?