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Supreme Court’s Wire Fraud Decision Raises Risks for Government Contractors

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Kousisis v. United States affirmed a lower court’s decision upholding a conviction of federal wire fraud for inducing a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses, even if the defendant did not intend to cause the victim economic loss.  The Supreme Court rejected the limiting of federal fraud cases to those where there...