wire fraud
nounDefinition of wire fraud
: fraud committed using a means of electronic communication (such as a telephone or computer)
Examples of wire fraud in a Sentence
He was charged with wire fraud.
Recent Examples on the Web
He was charged in a 24-count indictment in November 2016 with wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government funds, making false statements, filing false reports with federal election officials and filing false tax returns. — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, "Charges officially dropped against ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in unusual deal with feds," 3 Sep. 2019 Bennett, 56, was convicted of securities fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud this past October and was sentenced to 20 years in prison on July 31. — Fox News, "Maryland man sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in $20M Ponzi scheme," 1 Sep. 2019 Adam Joiner, 41, who turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday, was charged with wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. — Los Angeles Times, "Investors fell for a star-studded Netflix film. It was a $14-million scam, prosecutors say," 28 Aug. 2019 Fifty-four-year-old Charles Sebesta of Huntington Beach was arrested Monday on a federal grand jury indictment alleging wire fraud, bank fraud and identity theft. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Former LA church chairman charged with $11.4M theft," 26 Aug. 2019 Levy is also facing federal charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and making false statements, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, "Former VA doctor is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 3 patients," 21 Aug. 2019 Henderson and Hu are charged with 12 counts of wire fraud, and Lee is charged with six counts. — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, "Oakland businessman, partners indicted in alleged $110 million cash-for-visas fraud," 20 Aug. 2019 Depending on how the payments were transmitted by Nike employees, there might also be evidence of wire fraud, mail fraud and other crimes. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "How the Michael Avenatti Case Could Disrupt the Basketball World," 19 Aug. 2019 In The Associates, which was never published, a confident young Tampa mortgage broker named Christian Locke starts out fudging numbers before eventually expanding to tax evasion, wire fraud, and bank fraud. — Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, "The True-Crime Writer in Cellblock B4," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wire fraud.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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