Let's see - no copyright infringement, no theft. He has defrauded SOMEONE, or so they tell us. No.. that's not right he DIDN'T defraud anyone. He conspired (with whom?) to defraud someone.
I may just be old-fashioned or simple-minded, but in my day when you practice fraud on someone you trick them out of their money. For example, if I came up to you and said "Hi, I'm priest and I'm collecting for the poor orphans" and you give me money, but I'm NOT a priest and I spend it on beer you've been defrauded!
If I sit down with a friend and plan to get money from you that way, I have conspired to defraud you.
Who, exactly got defrauded out of what? Where was the deception? What was the valuable thing he got?
It seems to me that he's a criminal that's committed no crime.
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Let's see - no copyright infringement, no theft. He has defrauded SOMEONE, or so they tell us. No.. that's not right he DIDN'T defraud anyone. He conspired (with whom?) to defraud someone.
I may just be old-fashioned or simple-minded, but in my day when you practice fraud on someone you trick them out of their money. For example, if I came up to you and said "Hi, I'm priest and I'm collecting for the poor orphans" and you give me money, but I'm NOT a priest and I spend it on beer you've been defrauded!
If I sit down with a friend and plan to get money from you that way, I have conspired to defraud you.
Who, exactly got defrauded out of what? Where was the deception? What was the valuable thing he got?
It seems to me that he's a criminal that's committed no crime.
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