Seems like a clear case of mail fraud
It is an ongoing source of shame on the legal system that these sorts of non-financial crimes (but which still have tangibly harmful impacts on the populace) go un-punished. Still, they don't even prosecute the charlatans, fraudsters and snake-oil merchants of quackery, mentalism, etc., so I guess my expectations should be as low as Chairman Pai's ethics score.
I wish folks could look beyond partisan politics around size-of-government, regulatory tightness and public vs. private funding questions and focus on the harm bad actors do, particularly to the levels of political engagement, levels of trust in institutions (both public and private) and hope in general.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
