[bjs1779]

I am curious to find out why they prosecuted him for fraud rather than for coining money, which is a right specifically granted to the Congress in the Constitution.

There is a press statement by the Feds floating around someplace here. The jest of it was because he was trying to undermine the U.S. currency and the IRS.

[mysterio]

undermine the U.S. currency

If they start prosecuting that crime, we're going to have a lot of lawmakers in jail pretty quickly.