[WatchOutForSnakes]

By the actual definition you post here you are correct. I was discussing the issue as a criminal offense. I'm not sure there is any of that here. Also, going strictly by the definition of fraud there is some fraud I approve of. Is an undercover agent involved in some kind of trickery? Is he an imposter? If that is fraud then I approve of it in that case. Do you?

[GregoryFul]

I think that here we are discussing one government body engaged in fraud against another government body - not quite like tricking a criminal into revealing criminal activity he is engaged in. Very poor analogy.

The thing being called into question here is the ethics of the NO and LA government, and it is pretty clear it stinks. Our system falls apart without highly ethical people in positions of power - LA fails, and cannot be saved by the US government throwing money into this pit.