I always thought it was weird that fraudsters go to prison.

Like yeah fraud is pretty bad, but it hardly seems to warrant shoving someone in a cage for years of their life. Like they're not a physical threat to anyone, just take their shit and make them do community service or whatever.

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Rickg · 31-35, M

But their actions can and do ruin people’s lives
So I think prison is a reasonable punishment

Likely as non violent offenders they will serve their sentence in a medium or low security facility

Which has better accommodations

Piper · 61-69, F

Yeah, like fraud is more than just "pretty bad" many, many times. Unfortunately, even putting someone in a cage doesn't always stop them from continuing to try and scam people, and succeeding.

zork0000 · 56-60, M

If you lost your home to a fraudster, you would be singing a much different tune. Fraud is not victimless.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@zork0000 Sending them to prison is just wracking up more expenses. 🤷‍♂️ You could give them like a million punishments other than jail time and it'd be just as effective and cheaper. Their credibility is gone at that point anyway, so they'd have a fat chance of doing more fraud.

zork0000 · 56-60, M

@BlueVeins There are tons of serial fraudsters that prove otherwise.

If there is no threat of jail, they are just gambling and will never stop.

Dshhh · M

ph yeah? ask the people ripped of by bernie Madoff
"fraud" is using tricks to STEAL from you
you okay with theft?

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

So taking someones livelyhood and making them poor or causing them to lose their home does no harm?

BlueVeins · 22-25

@whowasthatmaskedman sir can you read

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BlueVeins Yes. Do you not consider being thrown into homelessness and poverty a physical threat?

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