In relation to Edie's solicitation of investors in a nonexistent business,she is charged with "mail fraud." This requires,among other things,

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"Mail fraud" typically involves using the mail to carry out a fraudulent scheme or to obtain money or property through false or fraudulent pretenses. To be guilty of mail fraud, a person must either use the mail themselves or cause someone else to do so. Choice D - mailing or causing someone else to mail a writing - best reflects this element of the crime. Choices A, B, and C involve different types of postal offenses but do not necessarily rise to the level of mail fraud.

In Relation to Edie's Solicitation of Investors in a Nonexistent