ATS is Down...Maybe for the count

[727Sky]

He doesn't look like a dude with a lot of money either. I think that's a telltale sign that he doesn't really own it. I'm sure someone like him could use $50k for something he doesn't even care about. He has the master key, but not the owner. I'd be willing to bet he and Matt had a falling out. That's the only thing that explains it all.

theshadowknows replied
I've talked to Jeff way more than Darko. Jeff was the IT guy who worked for Matt and managed the transfer from Bill. He never worked for Darko, he worked for Matt's company, Ready Alliance, which is the parent company for setups like MPS. The products are rebranded and sold under different names and umbrellas, most notably for Alex Jones and Glenn Beck.
 
Jeff told me that Darko owned ATS now, confirming what Matt had previously told me, which I wasn’t sure was true until then. Jeff had no reason to lie as Matt had just fired him when he told me that. He’s been incredibly transparent with me whenever I’ve had a question, even now.
 
I believe that Darko owns ATS, but I do agree that he and Matt had a falling out. Matt didn’t have very nice things to say about Darko, and when I relayed Matt’s words to Darko, it seemed to genuinely hurt his feelings. Matt is the shady, cutthroat business type, whereas Darko is the eccentric, psychedelic, new-age type passive beneath his veil of false bravado.
 
The question I have is why give it to him? Matt told me ATS wasn’t profitable. Okay, but why would he just give it away for free to someone he doesn’t even like? That doesn’t make sense to me. I do know that Matt and Darko go back quite a few years, before Matt even had money, so maybe there’s a deeper dynamic to their friendship that I’m unaware of. Who knows. It’s a shit show though no matter who owns the place.