Sentences with phrase «as victimless»

Faking a service dog is illegal and often thought of as a victimless crime.

For the sake of summary and easy comparison, Table I lists the range of criminal offenses which the authorities we have discussed have identified as victimless crimes.While this table omits the views of many others who have written on this subject with equal authority, it is representative and will suffice for our purposes.

ABI Fraud Conference, in Partnership with Ordnance Survey, will provide an opportunity for senior fraud practitioners to come together and discuss key insurance fraud issues including government anti-fraud strategy, regulatory changes, and the perception of insurance fraud as a victimless crime.

Not exact matches

«Daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling under New York law, causing the same kinds of social and economic harms as other forms of illegal gambling, and misleading New York consumers... Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country.

And just as ascetics and Romantic poets were in the past reluctant to let their suffering go (it paid off in spiritual or aesthetic currency), so many contemporary victims have learned not to let their victimization go (having gained self - definition from it, a victimless condition becomes unthinkable).

Using your god's name as a curse word is a victimless crime.

«Contrary to the defendant's argument that his crime was victimless,» the U.S. attorney's office added, «the people of the State of New York are victims whenever, as here, an elected official abuses the trust the public placed in him by accepting secret payoffs from lobbyists and by covering up his conduct.»

Let us begin by noticing the first warning sign of conceptual and theoretical trouble ahead: the authorities do not agree among themselves as to which crimes are victimless.

Moreover, many of the misdeeds have been traditionally looked at as «victimless» crimes, a flawed concept but one not much different from societal view on speeding or marijuana use.

● Court - Ordered Community Service with FIJA Many people who are convicted of minor and victimless offenses are required by courts to do community service as part or all of their sentence.

The absence of a complaining witness leads some to refer to drug crimes as «victimless.»

«It can result in escalating consequences arising from what may begin as relatively minor and victimless offending.»