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he didn't elaborate, but I was assuming it was not an authorized transaction. he might have been using stolen credit card numbers.

theandrewbailey 10y ago
I have a hard time imagining that an unauthorized charge for pizza alone gets you a felony. That should be grounds for a firing, not a felony.
- kyledrake 10y ago
  This definitely needs much more elaboration. Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes. It should take much more than an unauthorized pizza purchase.
  - jhayward 10y ago
    > Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes Not true in any real sense. I've seen a State of Texas employee charged with a felony for making a $0.25 personal call from a state telephone back in the early 90's. The unreal magnitude of criminalization of "normal" behavior in the US is beyond anything most people can imagine.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes. This is true only in the tautological sense, in which designation of something as "felony" is held to designate it as a "very serious" crime. Beyond that, no. In fact, this is expressly recognized many places in law, such as California's three-strikes law, where a "strike" is a "violent or serious" felony.
  - joesmo 10y ago
    "Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes." False. It's a real problem that people think this. No wonder our justice system in the US is so fucked up. People don't even know what's happening.
  - whamlastxmas 10y ago
    Adultery is a felony in Michigan, though it's obviously not really enforced.
- metaphorm 10y ago
  probably a misdemeanor larceny, but because it was credit card fraud done over the internet, that's felony wire fraud which is a much more serious crime. if it was an interstate transaction it might have even been a federal charge.
  - theandrewbailey 10y ago
    > but because it was credit card fraud done over the internet How do you know that's what the author did? (it would nicely explain the situation, though)
    - metaphorm 10y ago
      oh I have no idea, I'm speculating, sorry if my language implied otherwise.

theandrewbailey 10y ago

I have a hard time imagining that an unauthorized charge for pizza alone gets you a felony. That should be grounds for a firing, not a felony.

kyledrake 10y ago
This definitely needs much more elaboration. Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes. It should take much more than an unauthorized pizza purchase.
- jhayward 10y ago
  > Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes Not true in any real sense. I've seen a State of Texas employee charged with a felony for making a $0.25 personal call from a state telephone back in the early 90's. The unreal magnitude of criminalization of "normal" behavior in the US is beyond anything most people can imagine.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes. This is true only in the tautological sense, in which designation of something as "felony" is held to designate it as a "very serious" crime. Beyond that, no. In fact, this is expressly recognized many places in law, such as California's three-strikes law, where a "strike" is a "violent or serious" felony.
- joesmo 10y ago
  "Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes." False. It's a real problem that people think this. No wonder our justice system in the US is so fucked up. People don't even know what's happening.
- whamlastxmas 10y ago
  Adultery is a felony in Michigan, though it's obviously not really enforced.
metaphorm 10y ago
probably a misdemeanor larceny, but because it was credit card fraud done over the internet, that's felony wire fraud which is a much more serious crime. if it was an interstate transaction it might have even been a federal charge.
- theandrewbailey 10y ago
  > but because it was credit card fraud done over the internet How do you know that's what the author did? (it would nicely explain the situation, though)
  - metaphorm 10y ago
    oh I have no idea, I'm speculating, sorry if my language implied otherwise.