mail fraud meaning

• Noun: mail fraud
  1. Use of the mails to defraud someone

  Derived forms: mail frauds

  Type of: fraud

  Encyclopedia: Mail fraud

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  [Law]
  18 U.S.C. 1341, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to use the United States mails in carrying out a scheme to defraud.
  
  A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved: First: That the person knowingly and willfully devised a scheme to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false pretenses, representations or promises; and Second: That the person used the United States Postal Service by mailing, or by causing to be mailed, some matter or thing for the purpose of executing the scheme to defraud.

• That mail-order company has been convicted of mail fraud
• Agent johnson, over in mail fraud
• About e-mail fraud
• If they'd used the postal system, it's mail fraud and we can go after them
• A police spokesman said this was the first " nigerian e-mail fraud " case being tried in hong kong court
• Former nba and virginia star ralph sampson has agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud and serve two months in jail
• He was convicted in December of 14 counts of mail fraud.
• All had pleaded guilty to charges including racketeering and mail fraud.
• Jones and Ventura have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud.
• The defendants are also charged with multiple counts of mail fraud.

• "mail fraud" meaning in Chinese: 利用邮件的欺诈行为, 邮件欺诈案
• "mail fraud" meaning in Japanese: メール?フロード、郵便詐欺｛ゆうびん さぎ｝
• "mail fraud" meaning in Russian: мошенничество с использованием почты