28-01-2010, 02:31 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:GOP Sends Out Fake "Census" Forms"MAIL FRAUD - 18 U.S.C. 1341, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to use the United States mails in carrying out a scheme to defraud.
... The U.S. Postal Service declined to investigate the matter.
A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved: First: That the person knowingly and willfully devised a scheme to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false pretenses, representations or promises; and Second: That the person used the United States Postal Service by mailing, or by causing to be mailed, some matter or thing for the purpose of executing the scheme to defraud."
OK, so money was not demanded, but I think USPS lawyers could make a strong case that my TIME is my PROPERTY (especially if I am a governor!) in which case this is clearly mail fraud.
But...
... The U.S. Postal Service declined to investigate the matter.
"If you're looking for something that isn't there, you're wasting your time and the taxpayers' money."
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses