“It was satire.”
It was fraud and libel
They weren't charged with fraud, were they? There's a legal reason for that. Generally, for someone to be convicted of fraud, they must have attempted to enrich themselves with the fraud. Furthermore, Libel is NOT a criminal action, but a civil action.
It's puzzling how people who are posting on a website called "Free Republic" could be so plainly obtuse about the differences between criminal and civil legal violations.
Please, tell me how many people we have in prison for slander and libel.
“It was fraud and libel”
Agreed, I would even say it might even fall into the category of identity theft.