I. INTRODUCTION II. components ...

I. INTRODUCTION

II. components OF THE OFFENSE
A. Scheme to Defraud
1 Traditional Frauds
2 Fraud Involving Intangible Rights
B Intent to Defraud
C Mailing in Furtherance of a Scheme to Defraud
1 Causing the Mails to Be Used
2 The "In Furtherance" Requirement
III DEFENSE
A. righteous Faith
B Statute of Limitations
IV. VENUE
V SENTENCING

I. INTRODUCTION

In the past 130 years, the mail (1) and wire (2) fraud statutes have evolv and expanded into powerful prosecutorial tools. (3) Despite the sparse legislative history, (4) courts initially assumed the final cause of the mail fraud statute was to insured ...