wire fraud

noun

: fraud committed using a means of electronic communication (such as a telephone or computer)

Examples of wire fraud in a Sentence

He was charged with wire fraud.

Recent Examples on the Web In July, Menendez was convicted of 16 counts — including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and acting as a foreign agent — for his role in a yearslong bribery scheme. —

Andrew Torgan, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024 Santos was originally indicted on 13 felony counts in May last year for alleged wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to the House of Representatives. —

Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024 Dotcom and others were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, criminal copyright infringement, aiding and abetting of criminal copyright infringement, and wire fraud. —

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024 The other five pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud earlier this year; Amiri’s case was the only one to go to trial. —

Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wire fraud

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