Deprivation of Honest Services as a Basis for Federal Mail and Wire Fraud Convictions

Doyle, Charles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Postal crimes;    Crime and criminals;    Criminal justice;    Supreme Court decisions;    Congress;   

RP-ID  :  R40852
RP-ID  :  R40852_2010Jul28

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The United States Supreme Court in Skilling v. United States construed the honest services branch of the federal mail and wire fraud statutes to reach no more than cases involving bribery or kickbacks. The mail and wire fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, impose criminal penalties for the use of mail or interstate wire communications to deprive another of money or property through a "scheme or artifice to defraud." This report discusses wire and mail fraud and examines relevant court cases.