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Originally Posted by Nate the great
You're really stretching to make that comparison. It's fraud, not stealing. It's not stealing until they try to empty my bank account.
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But isn't fraud just a variation of stealing or at least a version of stealing?
Medicare and/or welfare fraud, is sometimes committed by getting money for claiming something you weren't actually allowed to claim.
So you stole the money, the govt wants it back. If you get convicted of welfare fraud, they usually force you to pay the money (that you received fraudently) back.
So I don't think it's a stretch to say "fraud" and "theft" and "stealing" can be viewed as the same thing/idea.