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Wire fraud was first defined in the United States in 1952. 18 U.S.C. § 1343 provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign ...
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, [1] which states "For the purposes of this chapter, the term scheme or artifice to defraud includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services."
About Category:Mail and wire fraud and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about Fraud, which may be a contentious label. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...
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Pages in category "American people convicted of mail and wire fraud" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud (1 C, 73 P) Pages in category "People convicted of mail and wire fraud" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.