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The law makes a distinction between "misrepresentation of material fact" and fraud, though. Fraud means knowingly making a misrepresentation of material fact.
by bumby 3y ago
The law makes a distinction between "misrepresentation of material fact" and fraud, though. Fraud means knowingly making a misrepresentation of material fact.
- grey-area 3y agoSomething like pretending your parents were employees for example?
- bumby 3y agoIt depends on the specifics. If they are listed on payroll, that might be not be neither a misrepresentation or fraud. If you had good reason to believe they were hired, but weren't, I'd imagine that would land as an honest misrepresentation. If you knowingly "pretended" they were employees but they weren't, that's probably closer to fraud. Do you know the particulars in this case? It doesn't look like the article covers that specific aspect and I'm not terribly familiar with this case.
- grey-area 3y agoI imagine what the judge will be looking at is whether they did any meaningful work for the company and whether house purchases were included in the contract and why.