• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Though he later secured a loan to finish college, Daniel [a pseudonym] resorted for a time to credit card fraud to replace the stolen funds, telling himself that no harm would come to the individual card owners, who were insured.

    Fraud victim commits additional fraud

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      4 months ago

      Quick, someone explain to this guy how insurance premiums work. The cost is always passed down to the consumer, one way or another

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        4 months ago

        Running a red light in the middle of nowhere with no traffic is a victimless crime.

        Intentionally causing additional monetary damages on someone is not. Even if the cardholders didn’t have to pay for his fraud, somebody has to.

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          Running a red light is not a victimless crime. You will condition yourself to run red lights when you think there is no one is there. This will lead to you hitting and killing a pedestrian that you didn’t see. Be an adult and just wait the 30 seconds for the light to change. Why risk it? #FUCKCARS