IANAL but I think you could call it fraud if you never had any intention of delivering. E.g. if I kickstart a perpetual motion machine and then move to the Baha

IANAL but I think you could call it fraud if you never had any intention of delivering. E.g. if I kickstart a perpetual motion machine and then move to the Bahamas with the funds. What's ironic is that despite his image as a genius no one ever holds Elon to account for his failure to accurately predict the state/progress of his own technology. He's either not as smart as people think or he's knowingly lying, but I think you have to pick one.