Mail fraud and wire fraud are terms used in the United States to describe the use of a physical (e.g., the U.S. Postal Service) or electronic (e.g., a...
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to commit wire fraud and mail fraud (and in Nagy's case, to money laundering); after they each admitted selling inauthentic woodblocks and prints made...
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Honest services fraud is a crime defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1346 (the federal mail and wire fraud statute), added by the United States Congress in 1988. The...
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charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud. They were tried in federal court in Manhattan, and in 2011, they were both found guilty...
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1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer...
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List of United States state officials convicted of federal corruption offenses (redirect from List of United States state and local politicians convicted of federal corruption offenses)
The Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted...
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computer-specific criminal laws, computer crimes were prosecuted as mail and wire fraud, but the applying law was often insufficient. The original 1984 bill...
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bank fraud Banks portal Advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419 scam) Alfredo Sáenz Abad Baninter case Carding (fraud) Cheque fraud FBI Mail and wire fraud Mortgage...
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List of United States federal officials convicted of corruption offenses (section Inclusion criteria and organization)
applicable to corrupt state and local officials: the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Hobbs Act...
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standardized tests for ACT and College Board, Houston-area assistant high school teacher. Pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud. The following universities...
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Jimmy Hoffa (category American people convicted of fraud)
attempted bribery, conspiracy, along with mail and wire fraud in 1964 in two separate trials. He was imprisoned in 1967 and sentenced to 13 years. In mid-1971...
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Bernie Madoff (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
recoveries and settlement agreements. On March 12, 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies, including securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, money...
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R. Foster Winans (category Finance fraud)
committing federal mail and wire fraud. He served nine months in federal prison. Winans admitted his participation in the scheme and to earning $31,000...
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Caroline Ellison (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
guilty to two counts of wire fraud, two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money...
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George Santos (category Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud)
member of the House to be expelled and the first Republican. Santos pleaded guilty to identity theft and wire fraud in August 2024. He was sentenced to...
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Jen Shah (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
Meredith Marks. In March 2021, Jen was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a telemarketing...
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Trevor Milton (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
he was found guilty of securities and wire fraud. He was sentenced to four years in prison, a US$1 million fine and $168 million in restitution. He remained...
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Menachem Youlus (category American people convicted of fraud)
on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud, and he pleaded guilty on February 2, 2012. He was convicted of two counts of mail and wire fraud in a Manhattan...
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by the United States Department of Justice with "tax evasion, mail and wire fraud and perjury" for dealings related to the Gandhi Memorial International...
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Vitaly Borker (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
right and said he "like[d] the craziness." A month later Borker was arrested by federal postal inspectors and charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and making...
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Sam Bankman-Fried (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
Bahamas and extradited to the United States, where he was indicted on seven criminal charges, including wire fraud, commodities fraud, securities fraud, money...
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List of United States local officials convicted of federal corruption offenses (section County executives and commissioners)
The Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted...
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Fred Ossanna (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
was convicted of six counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, three counts of fraudulent interstate shipment, and two counts of conspiracy. He was...
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Allen Loughry (category Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud)
federal offenses, specifically wire fraud, making false statements to federal investigators, witness tampering and mail fraud. The following month, after...
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In 2004, as a result of charges by the SEC for mail and wire fraud and bank fraud for eBay scams and bank account wiring schemes he committed in 2003...
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Liborio Bellomo (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
Bellomo, the government offered him a plea bargain for mail fraud in 2007. Bellomo accepted and received one additional year in prison instead of four...
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number and then using it as identification, is a type of fraud. Fraud can be committed through and across many media including mail, wire, phone, and the...
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December 2012, both the CEO and vice president of Executive Recycling have been convicted "of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud and environmental crimes...
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Kousisis v. United States (category Mail and wire fraud case law)
already unanimously held that mail and wire fraud convictions only require money or property to be the object of fraud, not that the victim experiences...
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Rick Hendrick (category American people convicted of mail and wire fraud)
broken ribs and a fractured clavicle. In 1997, Hendrick pleaded guilty to mail fraud. In the 1980s, Honda automobiles were in high demand and Honda executives...
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