Re:A woman lied on her resume to land a $185,000-a-year job....
by PeterisP on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:28PM
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Not all lying in all circumstances is fraud, but the legal definition of fraud is essentially "intentionally lying to obtain a benefit at the expense of someone" in a bit more precise words, so at least this case of lying on her resume matches the definition of fraud.
The precise words are different for each jurisdiction, for example, the South Australia criminal law (https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/A/CRIMINAL%20LAW%20CO...) says "139—Deception; A person who deceives another and, by doing so— (a)dishonestly benefits him/herself or a third person; or (b) dishonestly causes a detriment to the person subjected to the deception or a third person, is guilty of an offence." - in essence, all lying to get a benefit or harm someone else; though they've chosen to label that particular crime 'deception' instead of 'fraud' as in many other places.
The precise words are different for each jurisdiction, for example, the South Australia criminal law (https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/A/CRIMINAL%20LAW%20CO...) says "139—Deception; A person who deceives another and, by doing so— (a)dishonestly benefits him/herself or a third person; or (b) dishonestly causes a detriment to the person subjected to the deception or a third person, is guilty of an offence." - in essence, all lying to get a benefit or harm someone else; though they've chosen to label that particular crime 'deception' instead of 'fraud' as in many other places.