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Old 01-10-2023, 12:07 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
Wire Fraud

I think this is, morally, akin to shoplifting made-in-the-U.S.A. item(s), for your own use, while in the UK, and then American authorities arrest you and try to apply our draconian penalties.
Confusing comparison, because shoplifting remains very obviously stealing regardless of where the item was made - you have taken a tangible object, intending to permanently deprive the owner of it.
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