Wire Fraud — Elements of the Offense (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1343) (revised 2017) is a federal crime in the United States which covers fraud and related activity in which the means of communication used is an interstate or foreign wire, radio, or television communication. The offense is committed when a person, with the intent to defraud, knowingly and willfully transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice. The elements of Wire Fraud are: 1. The defendant must have devised or intended to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud; 2. The defendant must have acted knowingly and willfully; 3. The defendant must have used wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce; 4. The communication must have been made with the intent to defraud; 5. The communication must have been for the purpose of executing the fraudulent scheme. The types of Wire Fraud — Elements of the Offense (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1343) (revised 2017) include, but are not limited to, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and computer fraud.