Crime and Justice Atlas

How Justice Is Served
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Source

Cornell LII Wex: Mail Fraud

Legal Commentary

Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute Wex entry defining mail fraud as a criminal act carried out through use of the United States Mail.

Facts
Citation
URL
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mail_fraud
Source Type
Organization Page
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Sources
Cornell LII Wex: Mail Fraud
  • Page URL
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mail_fraud
  • Page masthead
    Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
  • Main definition paragraph
    Mail fraud occurs when the U.S. Mail is used in the furtherance of a criminal act.
View the Source
Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)

This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Offenses, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

Well-attested

5

Offenses

General References

1

Offenses

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.