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Questions tagged [fraud]

Crimes or torts involving deception for financial or other gain.

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Why wasn't the attorney general's fraud lawsuit against Trump thrown out for lack of standing?

Often I read about civil court cases that get thrown out because the person(s) filing the case had no direct involvement or were not affected in the case. The judges in these cases often note that the correct parties need to file the suit in order…
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My Boss wants me to correct checks paid to us

I work for a county government. We process over 16,000 checks over about 2 months. I have an issue with some things we do. If someone writes a check out wrong, for example if he doesn't put the correct change in either the box or Written Out, we…
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How to report an attempted web designer scam?

I am a freelance web designer; I have a website and a Facebook page to find new clients. A few days ago I received an email inquiring about web design that immediately sounded fishy: Good Day, Am Tom Williams i wanna know if you can handle…
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Is it illegal to attribute credentials to an author that doesn't exist?

I've ghostwritten several smaller books and web articles and I've noticed that they will often be published under a made up author's name. I know that a pseudonym isn't illegal, but these make-believe authors are often claimed to be medical…
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What is the difference between civil fraud and criminal fraud?

Is it due to the severity of the fraud.that is to say the amount of money lost? Is it measured by the depth of the deception? Is it defined by the frequency of fraudulent actions? Or is the test, the burden of proof, that a situation is tried as…
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Is what my dentist is doing legal?

I recently got dental work done and after he finished, my dentist had me pay a bit extra for an additional bit of work that 'went over my coverage amount' and gave me an itemized statement/receipt showing each charge and the extra I paid. It also…
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Is taking advantage of someone else's lack of knowledge considered a fraud?

Say, Person A owns a rare postage stamp which is worth 2000€ according to the stamp collector community, but A doesn't know the worth. Person B sees that A has a rare stamp and offers to buy it for a fraction of its worth. B offers A 100€ for the…
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Can you press charges if an insurance carrier refuses to stop billing you, even when you're no longer an insured?

NY state here. My wife and I changed car insurance several weeks ago. There was no lapse in insurance, we transitioned from Carrier A to Carrier B smoothly. I submitted my Cancellation Notice with Carrier A and confirmed (from them) that they…
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Is it illegal to make a truthful statement about a fictitious ingredient?

Let's say that a company is selling a moisturizing cream with the "stuffase-free" marketing argument on its face label. The cream indeed doesn't contains stuffase, but the label is implicitly implying that: other creams may contain stuffase (which…
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College admissions scandal

During the U.S. attorneys' office press conference, Andrew Lelling said, "We're not talking about donating a building so that a school is more likely to take your son or daughter. We're talking about deception and fraud." However, are schools…
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Do we have attempted fraud laws like we have attempted murder?

I once saw an advertisement in some online sites. It basically says, call this number so we can help you with your purchase. Say Alice sell something at Bob's Marketplace. Now, Eve, put an ads in comment section. Anyone can do this actually.…
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What is the differences between lying and fraud?

I sort of intuitively knows that most lies are legal. Someone asks me to visit him, I pretended to be busy, even though the truth is I just don't like the guy. That seems legal. But some lies are fraud. Are there clear definition on why certain lies…
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Is this fraud? Selling something technically true but most customer wouldn't have bought it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Comisar#cite_note-4 Steve Comisar sold solar powered clothes drier. He then sent ropes. I wonder how the US government would handle this? Is this fraud? Technically a rope can indeed be used to dry clothes, namely…
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Fraud or just forgery

Gaming machine clearances at a licenced club require two employees to be present to count the monies from the machines. One employee only has done the clearance by himself ( employee A) then signed the official clearance document in his name and…
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Can the cashier be held liable for credit card fraud if procedure isn't followed?

Since the liability shift back in October, retailers are now liable for credit card fraud that occurs through them. This is to encourage them to move to the more secure chip and pin POS systems, but many retailers have not made said switch and…
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