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.
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The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra in Miami on Feb. 14, is specific to one count of wire fraud and was in line with the punishment requested by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
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Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
Allen Todd May pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of escape and one count of identity theft after he was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in August 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025
He was also convicted on three bribery and Travel Act counts related to funneling payments to those associates, as well as six wire fraud and Travel Act counts regarding a scheme to appoint Solis to a state board in exchange for Solis’ help steering business to Madigan’s private law firm.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Holmes was tried on 11 counts of fraud and found guilty of four of the charges — three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
Allen Todd May pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of escape and one count of identity theft after he was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in August 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025
He was also convicted on three bribery and Travel Act counts related to funneling payments to those associates, as well as six wire fraud and Travel Act counts regarding a scheme to appoint Solis to a state board in exchange for Solis’ help steering business to Madigan’s private law firm.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Holmes was tried on 11 counts of fraud and found guilty of four of the charges — three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Wire fraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wire%20fraud. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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