FRAUD QUOTES II

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 includes the pretense of knowledge when knowledge there is none.

BENJAMIN CARDOZO

Ultramares Corp. v. Touche, 1931


"Fraud in point of law" is, to my mind, the oddest expression.

B. BRAMWELL

Holland v. Russell, 1863


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