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by citrablue 2951 days ago
Can you point to the specific statutes that she violated? "Fraud" is very broad -- I am not clear that she did anything illegally, just unethically and deceptive. We aren't criminalizing how Reddit astroturfed their site. Is the only difference the scope? The investment monies? The potential?

I'm not interested in debating the moral aspects, as I suspect we violently agree. But it's crucial to be specific, against current legal code, when stating things like you did.

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Serious question: is a test provider who knowingly provides test results which it knows to be inaccurate and therefore leads patients to wrong diagnoses and potentially treatment, are they criminally liable or only civilly for fraud/breach of contract?