internet fraud

internet fraud
A crime in which the perpetrator develops a scheme using one or more elements of the INTERNET to deprive a person of property or any interest, estate, or right by a false representation of a matter of fact, whether by providing misleading information or by concealment of information.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


internet fraud
A crime in which the perpetrator develops a scheme using one or more elements of the internet to deprive a person of property or any interest, estate, or right by a false representation of a matter of fact, whether by providing misleading information or by concealment of information.

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