ASIC may very well have been out to get Rivkin but it would appear to be with very good reasons.
Evidence is now showing that Rivkin was involved with the Swiss bank account holding in Apline offset Printing, as well as some very large insider trading THROUGH THE SAME ACCOUNT, something ASIC very clearly suspected but could not prove due to Swiss banking laws.
Then there is the issue a few years ago of him selling stocks that he had put a buy recommendation on in his news letter
Yes the insider trading conviction in QAN was in the scheme of things very small and maybe if Rivkin had not drawn so much attention to himself with his other bent dealings it would have gone un-noticed or ASIC may not have pursued it so hard.
Rivkin was
KILLED BY DEPRESSION
KILLED BY THE BREAK UP OF HIS MARRIGAE
KILLED BY HIS INABILITY TO FACE UP TO HIS PAST BENT DEALINGS THAT WERE CATCHING UP WITH HIM.
ASIC though were just doing their job (for a change)
