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Title 9: Criminal

9-43.000 - Mail Fraud And Wire Fraud

9-43.100 Prosecution Policy Relating to Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud
9-43.300 Statement of Policy concerning Venue in Mail Fraud Prosecutions


9-43.100 - Prosecution Policy Relating to Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud.

Prosecutions of fraud ordinarily should not be undertaken if the scheme employed consists of some isolated transactions between individuals, involving minor loss to the victims, in which case the parties should be left to settle their differences by civil or criminal litigation in the state courts. Serious consideration, however, should be given to the prosecution of any scheme which in its nature is directed to defrauding a class of persons, or the general public, with a substantial pattern of conduct.

See also JM 9-85.210 (requires prior consultation with the Public Integrity Section to use the mail or wire fraud statutes in the prosecution of election fraud cases).

[cited in JM 6-4.210]

[updated January 2020]


9-43.300 - Statement of Policy concerning Venue in Mail Fraud Prosecutions

Department of Justice policy opposes mail fraud venue based solely on the mail matter passing through a jurisdiction.

[cited in JM 9-61.210]

[updated January 2020]