Re: Usenet forgery being investigated

Frankh_at_acclaim.demon.co.uk (Frank Hendrix) wrote:

>John Sharman <jayshar_at_norvic.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>What exactly did you have in mind for the charge?
 

>The police suggest in the UK either Computer Misuse Act - penalty up
>to 5 years imprisonment. Alternatively, Race Relations Act - I'm not
>sure of maximum penalty.
 

>BT advises that under the Telecommunications Act it is an offence to
>transmit messages via the public network which are menacing,
>threatening or intimidating.
 

>In other countries, whatever local appropriate law. Someone advises me
>that in the USA the accused could be extradited to the UK.
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>Frank Hendrix
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Please Frank,

This discussion is not relevent to this group any more. I have redirected follow-ups to this article to uk.legal .

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Weiqi Gao
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