quotations about fraud
"Fraud," in my opinion, is a term that should be reserved for something dishonest and morally wrong, and much mischief is, I think, done, as well as much unnecessary pain inflicted, by its use where " illegality" and "illegal " are the really appropriate expressions.
J. WILLS
In re Companies Acts; Ex parte Watson, 1888
Fraud is like a balloon. You squeeze it somewhere, and it bulges somewhere else.
CHRISTOPHER WARD
attributed, "PNC testing fraud-busting credit cards with rotating numbers", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 26, 2018
"Fraud in point of law" is, to my mind, the oddest expression.
B. BRAMWELL
Holland v. Russell, 1863
Fraud includes the pretense of knowledge when knowledge there is none.
BENJAMIN CARDOZO
Ultramares Corp. v. Touche, 1931
Collusion between two persons, to the prejudice and loss of a third, is, in the eye of the Court, the same as a fraud.
L.C. HARDWICKE
Garth v. Cotton, 1750