Fraud, Fools, and Phishing: Mail Fraud and the Person of Ordinary Prudence in the Internet Age
Lauren D. Lunsford · UKnowledge (University of Kentucky) · 2010
KELLY STRADER, UNDERSTANDING WHITE COLLAR CRIME § 4.01 (2d ed.zoo6).5 Id. 6 Id.(alteration in original) (quoting Jed S. Rakoff, The Federal Ma il Fraud Statute (pt.I), 18 Duo.L. REV.771, 771 (I98o)) (internal quotation marks omitted).7 The mail and wire fraud statutes contained in 18 U.S.C. §1341 and § 1343 are interchangeable for all logical and theoretical purposes throughout this Note.Their respective jurisdictional bases are, however, different.Mail fraud (18 U.S.C. §1341) jurisdiction is obtained through the Postal Power.U.S. CONsT.art.I, § 8, cl.7; United States v. Elliott, 89 E3d 136o, 1363-64 (8th Cir.1996). Wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343) jurisdiction is based on the Commerce Clause.U.S. CONsT.art.I, § 8, cl.3; 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (stating that any scheme must be "trans- mitted ... in interstate or foreign commerce").