RE: What cannot be disputed ....13 Jun 2024 20:13
Re 16:45 and 18:43, lenoman doesn’t seem to understand that the issue regarding attempted market abuse by making claims to have some kind of inside information do *not* depend on the ‘information’ in question being correct or not.
some market abuse involves deliberate use of genuine, accurate inside info, but some market abuse comes from attempted manipulation using false information — both potentially can attract significant jail time for those found guilty (up to seven years in prison, not ten, as per FCA warning displayed prominently across the LSE chatboards).
although as del has already highlighted, if someone has not attempted to commit market abuse, no reason whatsoever they should be bothered by anyone mentioned the jail time that can be involved.
(and yes, the FCA and others can and do monitor and request chatboard histories if relevant to significant investigations, as clearly happened with the WRN forum imo, and LSE will comply and release such info to relevant statutory /legal authorities)