[cr0sh]

If I were a backer of the KS, I think I would be pretty po'd to know that my money didn't go to the people/organization I was backing.

This is definitely something that needs to go to the courts; it has to be a form of financial fraud, and depending on the amount raised by the KS, it could end up being a fairly big deal.

As it is, if I were a backer, I would feel like I had been defrauded in some manner. Even if I got the "prize" (game) in the end, when I back a KS, I don't do it solely for the item or prize being offered for being a backer, but because I want to see someone succeed with their ideas and company.

[justboxing]

Yes, it's wire fraud if intent can be proven. Relevant to this situation is 'electronic communication'...

> The elements of wire fraud under Section 1343 directly parallel those of the mail fraud statute, but require the use of an interstate telephone call or electronic communication made in furtherance of the scheme.

> essential elements of wire fraud are:

> (1) a scheme to defraud and

> (2) the use of, or causing the use of, interstate wire communications to execute the scheme)

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-941-18...