The extraordinary thing about the GetSwift saga isn’t last week’s record penalty, the forceful judicial language that accompanied it, or the sheer hubris of ex-executive chairman Bane Hunter.
It’s the fact that the latter, who must be one of Australia’s most blatantly unethical corporate charlatans, could so deftly run rings around Australia’s courts and regulators, repeatedly given the benefits of doubt and circumstance until not a skerrick of uncertainty regarding his villainy remained.
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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
