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by Mike Caswell

VMS Ventures Inc. has filed four petitions in the Supreme Court of British Columbia looking to identify Stockhouse users the company claims were behind a series of false and malicious posts, including one that said the company was a "classic pump and dump" and another that said management was "shagging sheep." The users were all heavily critical of management and some accused insiders of manipulation. VMS is seeking court orders that will compel Stockhouse to provide identifying information for the posters.

The petitions, filed at the Vancouver courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 29, complain about material that appeared between October, 2010, and June, 2012, in the company's forum on Stockhouse. The first petition targets a user who posted under several variations of the alias "axeman." The company claims that he accused management of insider trading and market manipulation.

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