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scheme or artifice to defraud

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Definitions from Case Law

From 499 U.S. 83 - West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 1991Most cited · 1,755 citing opinions

a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services").

United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 1346 — for the purposes of this chapter

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.