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Factually, they appear to have found a software bug. The community at large expected some range of inputs to the software, but as part of a cheat these folks provided inputs outside the range accepted by the community, which federal prosecutors are using as a substitute for proving an actual false statement, which is the real element.[1] It's interesting because the inputs apparently weren't "false" and maybe they weren't the sort of thing capable of falsity. Instead, they violated a community expectation -- that maybe wasn't documented.

Putting consciousness of guilt and money laundering aside for a moment... the government just charged exploiting a software bug for profit as a wire fraud.

[1] https://www.burnhamgorokhov.com/criminal-defense-resources/f...