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'''Fraud''' is obtaining [[good]]s or [[service]]s by [[false representation]].
'''Fraud''' is obtaining [[property]] by [[false representation]].
 
Being late is fraud, because it is a breach of an [[agreement]] where time was obtained.


[[Lying]] is false representation but it is not necessarily fraud because the obtaining of good or services is a prerequisite.
[[Lying]] is false representation but it is not necessarily fraud because the obtaining of good or services is a prerequisite.

Revision as of 19:10, 15 February 2011

Fraud is obtaining property by false representation.

Being late is fraud, because it is a breach of an agreement where time was obtained.

Lying is false representation but it is not necessarily fraud because the obtaining of good or services is a prerequisite.