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Re:Federal fraud indictment: KU professor secretly worked fo... by closeparen on Saturday August 24, 2019 @12:53PM (#20788216)
So every civil breach of contract is also criminal fraud? “You indicated to your counterparty that you would obey the contract, but did not.”
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Re:Federal fraud indictment: KU professor secretly worked fo... by khuey on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:03PM (#20789700)
Fraud requires intentional misrepresentation. "You indicated to your counterparty that you would obey the contract, when you had no intention of doing so" is what may be criminal fraud. Simply failing to perform is not fraud.
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