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 | | Like mail fraud, this statute is often used as a basis for a separate federal prosecution of what would otherwise have been only a violation of a state law. |
 | | A civil fraud typically involves the act of making a false representation of a fact susceptible of actual knowledge which is relied upon by another person, to that person's detriment. |
 | | The statute of frauds refers to a requirement in many common law jurisdictions that certain kinds of transactions, typically contractual obligations, be evidenced by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought, or by the party's authorized agent. |
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