I want to know if this is classed as fraud or not. According to the original story I read, the printer allegedly reported that the cartridge was either broken o

I want to know if this is classed as fraud or not. According to the original story I read, the printer allegedly reported that the cartridge was either broken or missing, and the system was programmed to lie in this way on purpose. Lying to a person in order to gain pecuniary advantage is fraud. Is this analysis correct?