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Noob question, but wouldn't it be fraud if the number is higher than they're saying?
by that_guy_iain 4y ago
Noob question, but wouldn't it be fraud if the number is higher than they're saying?
- Hedepig 4y agoThe contract explicitly states the number could be much higher than their estimate, so although IANAL, I doubt it.
- that_guy_iain 4y agoFraud isn't about the contract, it's about if someone lies to obtain money. Saying the stats are x when they're y because x sounds better seems like standard fraud to me.
- jquery 4y agoNo. It would only be fraud if they knew the methodology was likely to be extremely flawed and there are receipts with executives saying “let’s choose this because of X nefarious reason.” Twitter being wrong about the number, or using a methodology Elon doesn’t like, isn’t enough.