wire fraud

English

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Noun

wire fraud (countable and uncountable, plural wire frauds)

1. (US, criminal law) A felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.
   • 1991, D. M. Maus, “License Procurement and the Federal Mail Fraud Statute”, in The University of Chicago Law Review, volume 58, number 3, page 1126:

     The mail fraud statute and its counterpart, the wire fraud statute, historically have been powerful instruments for prosecutors.

Translations

class of felony

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電匯欺詐／电汇欺诈 (diànhuì qīzhà), 電匯詐騙／电汇诈骗 (diànhuì zhàpiàn)

• Spanish: fraude electrónico m