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It would be fraud, unless the seller believed that it was actually a weapon because intent comes into play. But the victim would have to come forward to file a

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• steve-howard 11y ago
  The last thing I'd be afraid of after selling fake weapons to a brutal terrorist regime would be going to prison for fraud.
  • TeMPOraL 11y ago
    I can sort-of imagine the headline. "Man prevented bombings by scamming terrorists, went to jail for tax evasion."
• dragonwriter 11y ago
  > It would be fraud, unless the seller believed that it was actually a weapon because intent comes into play. But the victim would have to come forward to file a complaint with a legal authority. No, they wouldn't; its not generally mandatory, as a matter of law, for the victim to enter a complaint for criminal prosecution to proceed, though often the government will prefer a complaining and actively cooperative victim, since that both demonstrates that there is a problem to address and makes prosecution easier (since the victim will be an important source of both direct evidence and information that will lead to evidence.)
  • talmand 11y ago
    I understand, but I'm speaking more along the lines that the authorities wouldn't know of the crime in the first place, unless it was reported by the victim. Now, if the government happened to be conducting surveillance on the transaction, then what you describe would come into play.