The way I see it, there is as much possibility that Chatime became greedy and did not supported the business here which at one point was so oversaturated and crowded.

I mean, if he really scammed and did the above and he isn't a good leader, then the next logical question is:

a) Why >90% of the franchisee followed him instead of going with Chatime?
b) I thought Chatime wanted to sue him? What happened to that?
c) If his ingredients sucks why Tealive still so popular?

The way you position yourself makes me wonder