Is DoJ’s ‘spoofing as wire fraud’ theory just ‘right to control’ in another guise?

Joshua Ray (+ 44 (0)203 947 1539, joshua.ray@rahmanravelli.co.uk) is legal director at Rahman Ravelli, where he is an English solicitor and US-qualified lawyer who defends companies and individuals in complex investigations, prosecutions and regulatory actions.

Wire fraud has served as a prodigiously encompassing offence for the purposes of United States federal prosecutors, but is its use in spoofing cases bending ‘wire’ fraud too far? Joshua Ray of Rahman Ravelli argues that a scheme to deceive is not necessarily one to defraud.