R v Moylan
COURT OR TRIBUNAL
Supreme Court of New South Wales
DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)
27/06/2013
LITIGATION TYPE
Access to Justice
SUBJECT MATTER
Protest activities
REVIEW TYPE
Judicial review
SUMMARY
Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - disseminate false information likely to induce persons to dispose of financial products - offender publishes hoax media release purportedly by ANZ Banking Group announcing withdrawal of facility to mining company - offender an activist against mining project - share price in mining company drops - investors lose money - offender admits hoax a short time later - whether offender intended damage to shareholders - offences involving market manipulation - whether imprisonment appropriate
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