Mail and Wire Fraud: A Brief Overview of Federal Criminal Law
Charles Doyle · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 2011
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.