...Title18U.SC Sec. 157. Bankruptcy Fraud (a) OFFENSE. - A person who, having devised or intending to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means ot a false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise, for the purpose of executing or concealing...

...$1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both. § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means...

...982 of this title. 18 USC Section 1341 -EXPCITE-HEADSec. 1341. Frauds and swindles -STATUTEWhoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter,...

...offense listed in subsection (a) (3) committed for the purpose of executing or attempting to execute any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent statements, pretenses, representations, or promises, the gross receipts of such an offense...

...1983). 100 United States v. Herbcrman, 583 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1978). 101 Id., 583 F.2dat 227. "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises . . . for the purpose of executing such scheme...

...consumer fraud, insurance fraud, public corruption, bank frauds, securities fraud, and health care fraud. "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises ... for the purpose of executing such scheme...

...wire fraud statute under which LaMacchia was indicted (18 USC Section 1343) provides that Whosoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means...

...defraud. Here is where transmission of computer data over telephone lines fits. The statute provides that "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means...

...five years, or both.... "18 USC § 2314 (1970 & Supp. 1993). The statute provides, in relevant part: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transports or causes to be transported, or induces...

...1996, Pub. L. 104-292, §2, 110 Stat. 3459.) CHAPTER 63— MAIL FRAUD § 1341. Frauds and swindles Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter,...