Since the inception of the information technology and the technological advancement of the marketing industry, many people are engaging into fraudulent activities. This is because they are able to gain financial gains and advantages to people through easier and faster means.
For this reason, authorities had been trying to suppress the growing trend of various frauds that are currently affecting thousands, if not millions of people.
Basically, fraud is a kind of trickery that is used for the individuals benefits, mostly on the financial aspect. These kinds of frauds are absolutely punishable by law, though, its implementation and intensity may vary from one place to another.
In Criminal Law
In the context of criminal law, a fraud is absolutely punishable under certain circumstances that will constitute the deception of a certain individual from which personal gain of the fraudulent person is achieved.
Some of the common frauds that are abhorred by the law are:
1. False advertising
This refers to the achievement of some personal gains of the person concerned by give the wrong impression about a particular service, product, or a...