Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Vina Money Transfer Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 665

Federal Court of Australia

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Vina Money Transfer Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 665 File number(s): VID 437 of 2021

Judgment of: ABRAHAM J

Date of judgment: 9 June 2022

Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – cartel conduct –corporate offender pleaded guilty to giving effect to cartel provisions – individual offenders pleaded guilty to being knowingly concerned in those contraventions – where companies ran money remittance businesses in Melbourne and Sydney

Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ss 79(1), 79(1)(c), 79(1)(e), 44ZZRG, 44ZZRG(1), 44ZZRG(3) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ss 3E, 16A, 16A(1), 16A(2), 16C, 16C(1), 16C(2), 16F, 19AC(1), 19AC(4), 19B, 20(1)(b)

Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2016] FCA 1516; (2016) 118 ACSR 124 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Halkalia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 522 Bae v R [2020] NSWCCA 35 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 CDPP v Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS [2021] FCA 52; (2021) 386 ALR 98 Commissioner of Taxation v Baffsky [2001] NSWCCA 332; (2001) 192 ALR 92 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [2019] FCA 1170; (2019) 137 ACSR 75 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha [2017] FCA 876; (2017) 254 FCR 235 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Ede [2014] NSWCCA 282 DPP (Cth) v Page [2006] VSCA 224 DPP (Cth) v Thomas [2016] VSCA 237; (2016) 53 VR 546 Gajjar v R [2008] VSCA 268; (2008) 192 A Crim R 76 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 Khalid v R [2020] NSWCCA 73; (2020) 102 NSWLR 160 Lusty v CRA20 [2020] FCA 1737 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Matson v Attorney-General (Cth) [2021] FCA 161 R v Giourtalis [2013] NSWCCA 216 R v Jones [2004] VSCA 68 R v Nguyen and Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; (2001) 127 A Crim R 369. R v Smith (1987) 44 SASR 587 R v Wirth (1976) 14 SASR 296 Rogerson v The Queen [2020] VSCA 82 Scook v R [2008] WASCA 114; (2008) 185 A Crim R 164 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39; (2015) 256 CLR 550 Thunder Studios Inc (California) v Kazal (No 2) [2017] FCA 202 Totaan v R [2022] NSWCCA 75 Vaysman v Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc [2011] FCAFC 17; (2011) 276 ALR 596 Weininger v The Queen [2003] HCA 14; (2003) 212 CLR 629 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; (2001) 207 CLR 584