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NI Could Face Criminal Prosecution In The US - 7/8/2011 4:25:52 PM   
Owner59


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Status: offline 		James Murdoch could face criminal charges on both sides of the Atlantic


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/08/james-murdoch-criminal-charges-phone-hacking

As deputy chief operating officer of News Corp – the US-listed company that is the ultimate owner of News International (NI), which in turn owns the News of the World, the Times, the Sunday Times and the Sun – the younger Murdoch has admitted he misled parliament over phone hacking, although he has stated he did not have the complete picture at the time. There have also been reports that employees routinely made payments to police officers, believed to total more than £100,000, in return for information.

The payments could leave News Corp – and possibly James Murdoch himself – facing the possibility of prosecution in the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – legislation designed to stamp out bad corporate behaviour that carries severe penalties for anyone found guilty of breaching it – and in the UK under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 which outlaws the interception of communications.

Tony Woodcock, a partner at the City law firm Stephenson Harwood, said section 79 of the 2000 Act enabled criminal proceedings to be brought against not only a company, but also a director or similar officer where the offence was committed with their "consent or connivance" or was "attributable to any neglect on their part". Woodcock said: "This could embrace a wide number of people at the highest level within an organisation, such as a chief executive – not just the individual who 'pushed the button' allowing the intercept to take place or someone (perhaps less senior) who encouraged or was otherwise an accessory to the offence, such as an editor."


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RE: NI Could Face Criminal Prosecution In The US - 7/8/2011 4:47:56 PM   
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RE: NI Could Face Criminal Prosecution In The US - 7/8/2011 5:25:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Much of what happens in the UK will depend on how many squeal as the list of arrested people moves up the food chain. It seems corruption laws from a 1906 act have been broken, this is more serious than just the phone hacking as it involves police corruption.

Dom Ken....... Not sure if you will spot this.
Re our posts on NOTW and revenue from last night, while the NOTW makes an income of £160 million. BskyB make £6bn. Thats why I think the paper was sacrificed for the TV deal bid.

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RE: NI Could Face Criminal Prosecution In The US - 7/8/2011 6:16:56 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

Much of what happens in the UK will depend on how many squeal as the list of arrested people moves up the food chain. It seems corruption laws from a 1906 act have been broken, this is more serious than just the phone hacking as it involves police corruption.

Dom Ken....... Not sure if you will spot this.
Re our posts on NOTW and revenue from last night, while the NOTW makes an income of £160 million. BskyB make £6bn. Thats why I think the paper was sacrificed for the TV deal bid.

Maybe. But I doubt anyone in the Murdoch syndicate still thinks that deal is going through.

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