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Taking money from someone under intentionally false pretenses is fraud.

• tantalor 11y ago
  Don't the cops do that in drug/prostitution stings?
  • bdamm 11y ago
    Police are empowered and sometimes licensed to act against the law in the pursuit of justice. Anyone who has observed police officers running stop signs (lights or not) knows this.
    • tantalor 11y ago
      How does this work? Is there a specific legal principle in play? Certainly some laws cannot be broken; how do you decide? Looks like these are called "exemptions" and narrowly scoped to specific codes, e.g., "Exemption of Authorized Emergency Vehicles (California)" https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/vctop/vc/d11/c1/a2/21055 https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/vctop/vc/d11/c...