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My understanding is that a person can be convicted of wire fraud even if no victim was actually defrauded; simply the use- or forseeable use- of interstate wire
by wildrhythms 4y ago
My understanding is that a person can be convicted of wire fraud even if no victim was actually defrauded; simply the use- or forseeable use- of interstate wire communication infrastructure by the perpetrator in some grander scheme to 'defraud' (which is a sweeping definition) can be used to convict.
- chatmasta 4y agoWire fraud is one of those catch-all crimes, like money laundering, that you can fit to any case without a clear victim or statuatory violation but with proof of obvious malicious/criminal intent.