--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Plus which, we're talking about a windfall purportedly > > > > made on the basis of insider information about a coming > > > > disaster that would kill people, which is obviously a > > > > criminal act. > > > > > > Your references are not clear [to me] > > > > > > Are you saying that a windfall > > > made on the basis of insider information about a coming > > > disaster is a criminal act. > > > > Having information about a planned murder and > > withholding that information from authorities > > is a criminal act (it's the one for which > > Moussaoui was convicted). The trading itself > > may not be criminal, but it could be evidence > > of a criminal act. > > Its a crime to withhold knowledge of a planned murder if interogated > about it by Law Eenforcement Officers -- that is the Moussaoui case as > I understand it. > > The applicable question is it a crime to withhold knowledge of a > planned murder or crime if not interogated -- as would presumably be > the case of insiders making stock trades based on prior knowledge. >
I think there are laws governing knowledge of crimes before they are committed but its harder to enforce them unless you are proven to be a direct conspirator. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
