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by _940h 728 days ago
What sort of crime are you envisioning that exploiting this would fall under? It's not always fraud to satisfy a poorly written contract, although that is commonly the case.
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Wire fraud, at minimum. This would constitute direct theft. Very similar cases have been tried and convicted several times now.
Everything is wire fraud / securities fraud
Someone has been reading Matt Levine
Despite what many programmers think, code is not law.

Just like a bug in a smart lock does not allow you to enter a house because "you were allowed in".