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Interesting that you mention "wire fraud," which is defined in a sense that involves "intent to deceive using an electronic device". Basically, woman lying abou
by greendestiny_re 7y ago
Interesting that you mention "wire fraud," which is defined in a sense that involves "intent to deceive using an electronic device". Basically, woman lying about her weight on a dating app is committing wire fraud, as is a son lying to his mom that he had dinner. It only matters how much the woman or the son angered the authorities to determine the extent to which they will feel their wrath.
- elliekelly 7y agoThis is untrue. I am the Queen of England. That's also untrue. But I'm confident I didn't just commit wire fraud. Wire fraud requires an intentional material deception that deprives someone of money or property. While both of your examples have the intent element they're lacking materiality and injury. All fraud requires a lie but not all lies rise to the level of fraud. The vast majority don't.
- u_dont_knowthat 7y agoThe woman could have caused the date to spend excessively in anticipation of the date, and benefited from that, know that the man has a reputation for this, but only with women below a certain weight. The son could have caused the mother to throw out the dinner she had prepared for her son, and if wealthy, the family may have a private chef that charges thousands of dollars per each plate prepared for the family. If it can be proven that he really did not eat dinner, had previously agreed to eat the mother’s provided dinner, and instead ate a different dinner after she threw out her perfectly good dinner, maybe it’s a crime after all. Don’t make assumptions about this sort of thing.