089 Other fraud and related offences

This subdivision includes fraud offences that are not captured elsewhere in the division.

Intellectual property offences include any theft or misuse of intellectual property including documents, media, or other products protected under intellectual property legislation, such as copyright, patents, or trademarks. 

• Corporate or industrial espionage not involving physical removal of property
• Falsely claim ownership of intellectual property rights
• Hacking offences related to access or use of intellectual property
• Import or distribute products that infringe intellectual property rights
• Photocopy, photograph, or film to unlawfully access or use intellectual property
• Piracy of music, videos, software, or other digital products
• Theft or unlawful use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
• Unauthorised use or reproduction of intellectual property for commercial gain
• Unlawful performance, playing, exhibition or communication of intellectual property
• Unlawfully circumvent, or facilitate the circumvention of, measures used to restrict access to, or use of, intellectual property (including technological protection measures)
• Other theft of intellectual property

• Identity theft – coded to 0811 Identity theft
• Unlawful theft or use of personal data – coded to 0841 Privacy offences

Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person, organisation, place, or other entity that results in damage to its reputation. It includes slander (defamation through speech), and libel (defamation through printed communication).

• Causing reputational harm
• Publishing of defamatory material
• Slander
• Other defamation

• Capture or distribute an intimate image without consent – coded to 0350 Intimate image offences
• Edit sexual photos or videos to include a person’s image, including “deepfake pornography” – coded to 0350 Intimate image offences
• Extortion including blackmail or sexual extortion – coded to 0520 Blackmail or other extortion 
• Sexual extortion of a child – coded to 0341 Produce or distribute child abuse material

This group includes other fraud and related offences not elsewhere classified.

• Collect funds or property for an unregistered charity
• Interfere with boundary marks
• International money laundering
• Unexplained wealth not elsewhere classified
• Other fraud and related offences not elsewhere classified

• Deception as part of court proceedings – coded to 1421 Subvert the course of justice