Doesn't the money for the dividends get put into an account held by cryptotrade? Can't cryptotrade release those dividends to shareholders?
No, the money has just been going to the signed address Sam established months ago. In the past he'd move it from there to BTCT or CryptoShares, but he hasn't done that in weeks. And so of course he hasn't issued them. But as of now, the divs are in an address Sam controls.
And now there's no hashing for going on 18 hours.