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New page: '''Mail fraud''' is a federal crime that is often charged against defendants. 18 U.S.C. § 1341. To obtain a conviction, the government need prove only three elements:<ref>United States ...

'''Mail fraud''' is a federal crime that is often charged against defendants. 18 U.S.C. § 1341.

To obtain a conviction, the government need prove only three elements:<ref>United States v. Ingles, 445 F.3d 830, 835 (5th Cir. 2006).</ref>

*(1) a scheme to defraud
*(2) which involves a use of the mails
*(3) for the purpose of executing the scheme."

The test to determine whether a defendant caused the mails to be used is whether the use was reasonably foreseeable; the defendant need not intend to cause the mails to be used.<ref>Id.</ref>

== References ==

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[[category:law]]
[[category:Criminal Law]]

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