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"Epoch Times had shifted its spending ... in an effort to obfuscate its connection to some $2 million worth of ads that promoted the president and conspiracy theories...."
In other words they committed fraud in their ad buy, which is a crime.

nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news… via @nbcnews
@NBCNews Anyone, Russian or American, who lies to buy ad space on Facebook or anywhere else commits fraud in a commercial transaction. Call it mail fraud, wire fraud, theft of honest services, or whatever. It's a crime.
Put them in the slammer.
@NBCNews If we can use mail and wire fraud statutes to put parents in jail for helping their kids lie to Yale or USC on a college application, we can put political operatives in jail for lying to Facebook to buy ad space. Russian or American, these people belong in the slammer.
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