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defraud

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A quick definition of defraud:

Defraud: To trick or deceive someone for personal gain. This can lead to civil or criminal liability. Fraud can happen when someone intentionally or negligently misrepresents a fact, withholds information, or makes a false promise. Opinions are usually not considered fraud, except in specific circumstances. In criminal law, fraud takes specific forms, such as bankruptcy fraud or credit card fraud. Suspicions of criminal fraud should be reported to law enforcement authorities.

A more thorough explanation:

Defraud means to trick or deceive someone for personal gain. In legal terms, it means committing fraud that leads to civil or criminal liability.

For example, if a company fails to disclose relevant information to new creditors of a previous billion dollar loan, this could be a fraudulent failure to disclose if the lack of disclosure was intended to get the company better financing terms with the new creditors.

In civil litigation, allegations of fraud might be based on a misrepresentation of fact that was either intentional or negligent. A claim for fraud based on a negligent misrepresentation differs in that the speaker of the false statement may have actually believed it to be true; however, the speaker lacked reasonable grounds for that belief.

In criminal law, fraud usually takes very specific forms, such as bankruptcy fraud, credit card fraud, or healthcare fraud. Some criminal fraud statutes might be classified under laws forbidding larceny, others under forgery, and others as a crime covered by laws regarding a specific industry, like insurance or banking laws.

Suspicions of criminal fraud should be reported to law enforcement authorities.

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TheMidwestMonger
14:28
I'm terrified with how the world will react to Trump losing
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
14:28
damn, next question: should i eat the cheese that's been in my fridge for 3 weeks?
14:28
im pretty sure the world is gonna rejoice??
14:29
yes it is the key to immortality
TheMidwestMonger
14:29
Sorry, I meant the far right and their reaction lol
I live in alabama if she wins it's gonna be crazy here
14:30
same as last time whine that it was rigged go to court lose every time
good thing im bouncing next year
oh yeah
JumpySubsequentDolphin
14:31
why won’t ASU send my scholly info ☹️
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
14:31
they sent mine about 3 hours after i got the initial acceptance video thing
I just wanna hear back from them
14:31
the adcomm office got there at 10 am took a two hour lunch at 12 and left at 3:30 -- trust me im from the year 2076
lol
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
14:32
lavender, they should usually get back within a month of going complete
okie doke, thank u!
JumpySubsequentDolphin
14:35
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: good to know! I thought I missed SMTH bc someone told me they got their admissions packet before the video lol
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
14:35
I got school that have me under review for over a month... just hope it puts me in their first wave of As
TackyProudYogurt
14:39
Anyone know if asu releases decisions all at once or if they trickle out throughout the day?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
14:39
I'm pretty sure it's a trickle because they send you a personalized video too
TackyProudYogurt
14:40
Ah okay so I do need to continue refreshing my email every 10 seconds
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
14:40
I would say potentially. I received my email/video around noon eastern time, and I've seen people get it past 5pm eastern
coolgirl
14:40
Does anyone know if pending decision means I’ll get a response soon? My status changed
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
14:41
oooh which school?
TheMidwestMonger
14:42
^^
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
14:42
@coolgirl: does it say that on the lawhub portal? My one A this cycle it said pending decision on their applicant portal and that they will email me in 24hrs the results.
coolgirl
14:43
FAMU
coolgirl
14:44
I got pending decision a week ago on my portal but haven’t seen any updates since
JumpySubsequentDolphin
14:45
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: yours was personalized?! mine wasn’t 🙁
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
14:45
That would kill my soul, see other people in that schools specific chat saying the same thing. Maybe they give a decision by mail?
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