A short trap for whom? Rufus never named the shorts. It was mostly bunk. The supply was coming from Alexander and offshore hedge funds that Alexander had been dealing with from the Fronthaul days.
Look at WHKA. That is a real short seller/illegal share problem and the CEO is about to tell the world exactly who the culprit is. If you read his recent PRs, you will be able to guess the identity of these Vancouver crooks.