“Suppose four people buy tickets to a baseball game and do not go to the game.
Is it fraud?”
No, of course it isn’t fraud if you decide to or are not able to go to the baseball game because something comes up or it is going to be 40 degrees unexpectedly on Oct. 1 and you don’t want to freeze. That’s not a conspiracy.
FTA:
“Now, let’s suppose that a legally responsible young adult living far from Oklahoma, with full intent to mislead and sabotage the expensive Trump event, reserved – let’s be conservative – 100 tickets. Perhaps even a teen with the knowledge and active assistance (also known as “aiding and abetting”) of a parent alleged to be a “political strategist.”
In fact, each act of reserving tickets could be conceivably be charged as a separate count of federal wire fraud. Each count of which is punishable by fines and up to 20 years behind bars. In Oklahoma, an act of fraud involving value of less than $500 can land you a $1,000 fine and up to a year in the hooch.”
“In fact, each act of reserving tickets could be conceivably be charged as a separate count of federal wire fraud. Each count of which is punishable by fines and up to 20 years behind bars.”
Ping me when these folks are indicted.
Who lost money?