The Faultline inbox has been practically bursting at the seams with information regarding Ateliere Creative Technologies. After months of digging, this has culminated in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opening an official investigation into the media asset management firm’s potentially fraudulent activities. Faultline can also confirm that Ateliere—which claims to ingest and distribute content up to 2000x faster and 80% cheaper than competitors—is exploring a merger or IPO, as it seeks to expand beyond media into fields such as surveillance and medicine. The twist is that the newly minted SEC investigation does not directly implicate former CEO Dan Goman, but instead targets the mother of the company’s interim CEO, David Bortis, who Faultline exclusively reported had been ousted…