Answer: Matthew Simpson and others created and operated a series of corporate entities <u><em>to defraud t</em></u>elecommunications companies, creditors, credit reporting agencies, and others. Through these entities, Simpson and the others used routing codes and spoofing services to make long-distance calls appear to be local.They stole other firms' network capacity and diverted payments to themselves. They used <u>false identities</u>, addresses, and credit histories, and issued false bills, invoices, financial statements, and credit references.
These acts constitute mail and wire fraud : (c) Both A & B.
Explanation:
<u>Wire fraud </u>refers to fraud done through the use of a computer or the <u>Internet. </u>Hacking is a common form of fraud, the criminal uses sophisticated technological tools to <em>remotely access a computer</em> with confidential information. They can <em>steal a password</em>, the credit card account number or other <em>confidential information</em> about a person's identity and for the criminals to distort data to misuse funds.
The law defines electronic fraud as the use of a computer with the <u>goal of distorting data </u>to induce another person to do or stop doing something that causes a loss.