I’m stupid, can someone explain to me how this is illegal? Like morally questionable I get, but how is it illegal?
King forgot his crown
Submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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foodconsumer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m definitely not a legal expert, especially for Japan.
but this sounds like a con artist.
tempest@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
According to a quick Google fraud in Japan is
obtaining property or illicit economic advantages through deceit.
Gifts I assume are property here
SPRUNT@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Jesus Christ! Can we get some of that law in the US?!
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Dude outed himself when he told Janice his birthday was the 35th of March.
hark@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We need to ban birthdays so this never happens again.
WereCat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So… We will be just spawns now?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Monkey’s paw curls. Now abortions are legal and forced.
ballgoat@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I thought Monkeys Paw had adverse outcomes.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Genius.
TheBat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At the same time?
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In one bed no less. Must be an Alaska king
Brekky@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Take it he wasn’t reciprocating the gifts?
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I think the only way this makes sense is that he’d start dating someone, say his birthday is coming up, dump then after receiving the gift and repeating the process.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do you get someone a gift if you’re only known them for a week? Serious question.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Kinda clever.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Is that the gift economy I keep hearing about?
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 10 months ago
no
knight_alva@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hoping that isn’t real because that’s kind of an f-ed up definition for fraud. Also, what a legend.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Found the guy with 35 girlfriend.
knight_alva@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m down to 28 now. Apparently some of them saw this thread …
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
This guy cheated on 35 different women for gifts and you go:
Also, what a legend.
I hope that’s a /s 😔
knight_alva@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean the article itself is apparently satire so yeah.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
There’s a certain threshold when you’re no longer upset, just impressed. Like if someone ate my slice of cake vs they ate the entire fridge.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 10 months ago
Look at that smile. He regrets nothing.
Also: Daily Mail source?..this story is entirely fiction and made up, guaranteed.
RidderSport@feddit.org 10 months ago
Fraud is a very complicated crime. I absolutely hate that I need to know the basic for my law degree as it fills a thousand pages of commentary literature in just one of the largest German legal commentaries because it’s just that complicated.
knight_alva@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As I said in another reply, my thinking is thus:
It’s a poor definition because gift exchanges are strictly voluntary and non-reciprocal engagements. I’m not saying what he did was ok or even legal in other contexts. My only point is that I wouldn’t consider this fraud because the victims were not compelled to give. This isn’t a Nigerian prince scam where the victims were promised greater returns at a later date. These victims gave with the expectation of monetary loss.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It’s pretty much the textbook definition of fraud. What are you talking about?
Fraud is defined as intentional deception to deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain unlawfully from a victim.
He intentionally deceived 35 people for material gain.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s pretty much the textbook definition of fraud. What are you talking about?
Fraud is defined as intentional deception to deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain unlawfully from a victim.
That’s what politicians do every election. Just saying.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There is no mention of any consideration (a legal term meaning he didn’t promise them anything in return) provided by the “boyfriend”.
This would not be fraud under English common law.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Well there’s your shady gray bit right in the definition. Is it unlawful to lie about your birthday?
Zahtu@feddit.org 10 months ago
I do Not See the fraud here. If He would have given the Girls His real Birthday, He would have still received the Same amount of Gifts. Nothing would have changed in exchanging the Gifts.
The only Thing, which it probably helped at, was that He could plan ahead for the birthdays, avoiding a Potential meet-in of each girl, that He dated on the Same Day. The only Thing He is gullible of ist deceiving the Woman on their Relationship. Which is Not an offenes in a legal Sense. There is no punishment for 2-timing, so 35-timing should Not have either
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain unlawfully from a victim
Does either of those fill though?
knight_alva@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s a poor definition because gift exchanges are strictly voluntary and non-reciprocal engagements. I’m not saying what he did was ok or even legal in other contexts. My only point is that I wouldn’t consider this fraud because the victims were not compelled to give. This isn’t a Nigerian prince scam where the victims were promised greater returns at a later date. These victims gave with the expectation of monetary loss.
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 10 months ago
That’s a super shitty thing to do
He’s basically cheating and stealing from 35 people