When you pay someone in shares instead of commensurate wages because you want employees to bank on your future success, then yank the shares when there is futur

When you pay someone in shares instead of commensurate wages because you want employees to bank on your future success, then yank the shares when there is future success...I consider this to be real damage. He basically robbed those workers of their fair reward. Yeah it's not killing people, but it's still very wrong.