• rimu@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Misleading headline.

    Maximum penalties are only used for the worst possible cases. As far as “fraud” goes, this seems super tame.

  • kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This seems relatively harmless vs the spam emails that attempt to steal account info. Hopefully she gets off with a minor sentence at most.

    • gibberish_driftwood@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      I reads as if it was targeted and a genuine intent to confuse and be disruptive, even with the odd text at the end, but I agree it seems really minor. Especially as there don’t appear to have been significant consequences as soon as organisers realised he letter was out there and issued a correction.

      It’s interesting the Police even considered this enough in the public interest to be investigating 7 months later, and then to prosecute at all, which makes me wonder if there’s more to this. Theoretically a judge could still choose to discharge her without conviction.