https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/04/tim-sandefur-on-honest-services-fraud/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/04/tim-sandefur-on-honest-services-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-88931 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:08:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=17083#comment-88931 Mr. Sandefur makes a very good point- but the question is the prosecution of fraud is always difficult. It defies codification, because as soon as one thing is codified as unlawful, people will find a way to get to the same result in a slightly different way. Hence the “honest services” provision, as a way to get at people that “clearly” defrauded others, but no provision was available to prosecute them. I’d be curious as to what a more definite law would look like.

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