'''Wire fraud''' is an act of [[fraud]] using [[electronic communication]].
'''Wire fraud''' is an act of [[fraud]] using [[electronic communication]].
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*18 USC 1343, makes it a [[Federal crime]] or offense for anyone to use interstate wire communications facilities in carrying out a scheme to defraud. <ref> What must be proved is that the person knowingly and willfully devised or intended to devise a scheme to defraud; and that the use of the interstate wire communications facilities was closely related to the scheme. [http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/w017.htm] </ref>
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*18 USC 1343, makes it a [[Federal crime]] or offense for anyone to use interstate wire communications facilities in carrying out a scheme to defraud. <ref> What must be proved is that the person knowingly and willfully devised or intended to devise a scheme to defraud; and that the use of the interstate wire communications facilities was closely related to the scheme. [http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/w017.htm]</ref>