Wire fraud just means fraud committed using electronic communication. They presumably chose charges of wire fraud as they had evidence of her communications (texts, presentations, recordings) implicating her in fraud
Well, if you are discussing Wire-fraud being performed by other people that wouldn't be so suspicious. MOST major companies have fraud departments that are certainly not in the business of committing fraud. Most...
> Fraud - the intentional use of deceit, a trick or some dishonest means to deprive another of his/her/its money, property or a legal right.
You don't 'accidentally' mistake weak XOR obfuscation with AES, so this is fraud. However whether that results in any tangible legal action is debatable. I have strong doubts given the corporatocratic nature of the corporate judicial outcomes in USA.
Are these sold online? Wire fraud is a common enhancement to a lot of criminal charges involving fraud taking place online or over phone.
In most of the world it may be just plain fraud; the "wire" distinction is a justification for invoking the interstate commerce clause and, thus, federal jurisdiction in the US.
But its still probably illegal just about everywhere.
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