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The Postal Inspection Service is a useful tool. Mail fraud brings down a lot of sleazeballs that would otherwise have gotten away. Maybe because that's the last
by jallmann 14y ago
The Postal Inspection Service is a useful tool. Mail fraud brings down a lot of sleazeballs that would otherwise have gotten away. Maybe because that's the last thing they would think to cover up.
- koenigdavidmj 14y agoYou make it sound like one of those grab-bag offenses like resisting arrest that effectively amount to `you pissed off the government and now we're going to punish you for it'.
- tptacek 14y agoHe may have made it sound like that, but it is not. It's a federal felony, and it's generally used to foreclose on large-scale scam operations.
- danielweber 14y agoExcept "resisting arrest" is your word against an officer's, while "mail fraud" (from what I understand, IANAL) still requires the state to meet the burden of proof.
- Goronmon 14y agoIt's used often because it's easy to prove, just like tax evasion.