CONSIDER: Seeing an advertisement in a magazine, a man orders an expensive “miniature audiovisual receiver.” When the item arrives, it turns out to be a cheap portable TV. False advertising or mail fraud—on what ground would you base your complaint if you were the plaintiff in the case?
If the company takes the defense of good faith, asserting there was no intent to defraud, does that nullify the charge of mail fraud? Why or why not? What would be your arguments or evidence against their defense?
TOPIC: Whether or not false advertising and mail fraud have occurred and, if so, whether the defense of good faith applies. NOTE: You may find that some facts are missing from the hypothetical. You should formulate your discussion and argument based on the facts presented. You may indicate in your posts that you feel like you need more information in order to make an informed decision. However, you must still present an argument based on the relevant law that you find.

I’m group 2 and here are the instructions on how to debate it.Group 2: The Opposition Group (good faith applies, no crime) will begin to post on the fifth day of the week at noon, with the group leader posting a reply to the group leader of Group 1. This initial reply must be 50 words (or less) stating: (1

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In the United States, the federal crime of mail fraud refers to fraudulent activities that are aimed at defrauding another of a product or service by means of wire communication (Pollock, 2013). This is pursuant to the mail fraud statute 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343 and case law such as Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co., 473 U.S. 479, 500 (1985). This Group argues that in this hypothetical scenario, there is no mail fraud due to the defense of good faith. Because mail fraud is a specific intent crime, the defense of good faith allows the defendant complete defense and therefore applies in this case. For mail fraud to be stand, the other party must prove the three elements of the…

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