I don’t know where you are in “the West” but here (Western Europe), selling a company is often subject to some kind of oversight, particularly something as crit

I don’t know where you are in “the West” but here (Western Europe), selling a company is often subject to some kind of oversight, particularly something as critical as energy or with large companies. And artificial bankruptcies to evade contracts are actually fraud. Not making any point about your example, which was indeed despicable behaviour.