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A video published by The Sun newspaper in July of that year alleged tests were being dumped in a side room.
The video also showed the firm's laboratory at Park Works to be in poor condition, with rubbish strewn across the floor, its ceiling exposed and bin bags dumped outside.
Medical safety inspectors described the site on Lister Lane as a "building site" and said there was evidence of people living there.
Delivering his verdicts, Judge Smith criticised the company's "cavalier" and "careless" approach to the accreditation process, which would allow it to conduct testing.
Shoukat, a pharmacist, told the trial he was paid around £1.5m in shares from the firm.
Mr Malik, who cried after he was cleared of wrongdoing, was also paid a similar amount as a co-director, the court heard.
He was not involved in the day-to-day running of the company, and lived outside of the UK for part of its short-lived tenure.
Mr Mailk, 58, of Colne Rd, Burnley, was found not guilty of causing a public nuisance, fraudulent trading and money laundering.
Ms Connell, 65, of Wagon Farm, Ripponden, Mr Moore, 57, of Plober Street, Burnley, and Dr Zarneh, 71, of Wood Lane, Halifax, were all found not guilty of causing a public nuisance and fraudulent trading.
