Mr Hampton took into account Cheika's contrition, but said deterrents were necessary to protects match officials and persons charged with running the game.
He said Cheika was also guilty of inappropriately claiming that witnesses had fabricated evidence.
"Shortly after half time during the Sharks v Waratahs match on 29 March, Mr Cheika, unfortunately and unprofessionally, vented his frustration on a match-day cameraman who was merely fulfilling his expected role for his employer and, ultimately, for SANZAR,'' Mr Hampton said in his ruling.
"On reviewing all of the evidence, I found that on at least two occasions, Mr Cheika told the cameraman to 'f*** off' in a heated way, with accompanied finger pointing and on at least one other occasion, but in the same heated way, the coach used the word 'f***ing' in talking to the cameraman, either in reference to that person or his equipment, although, on the state of the evidence, I did not find proven that this was a threat, whether to person or to property.
"In his original account submitted on 8 April, Mr Cheika admitted to 'stern' language on one occasion, but deliberately omitted the specific language he used and I find his claim, in evidence, to have used `f*** off' only once unconvincing.''
Cheika has 48 hours to appeal the finding.
-AAP
