Mail and Wire Fraud: A Brief Overview of Federal Criminal Law

Doyle, Charles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Postal crimes;    Fraud;    Crime and criminals;    Criminal justice;    White collar crime;   

RP-ID  :  R41930
RP-ID  :  R41930_2011Jul21

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses ways in which mail and wire fraud can be federal crimes and penalties for conducting such crimes. It is a federal crime to devise a scheme to defraud another of property, when either mail or wire communications are used in furtherance of the scheme. Misconduct that constitutes mail or wire fraud may also constitute a violation of one or more other federal crimes.