...the United States Code by adding the following new section: "Sec. 156 Bankruptcy Fraud A person who, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or...defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of a false or fraudulent claim, pretenses, promise, or representation, for the purpose of executing or...

...483 US 350(1987). 97. 18 USC §1341 (1988) then provided that "[wjhoever, having devised or intended to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for...false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or purposes . . . for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting to do so, [uses the...

...$1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both. § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate...

...CRIMES CHAPTER 63 — MAIL FRAUD -HEADSec. 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television -STATUTEWhoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate...

...consumer fraud, insurance fraud, public corruption, bank frauds, securities fraud, and health care fraud. "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises ... for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting to do so, places in any post...

...1983). 100 United States v. Herbcrman, 583 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1978). 101 Id., 583 F.2dat 227. "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises . . . for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting to do so, places in any post...

...wire fraud statute under which LaMacchia was indicted (18 USC Section 1343) provides that Whosoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate...

...defraud. Here is where transmission of computer data over telephone lines fits. The statute provides that "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate...

...1994, Pub. L. 103-322, §330016(1)(H), 108 Stat. 2147.) § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate...

...five years, or both.... "18 USC § 2314 (1970 & Supp. 1993). The statute provides, in relevant part: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any...fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transports or causes to be transported, or induces any person or persons to travel in, or be transported...