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“Can anyone be locked up for ordering a few books in another person’s name??”It entirely depends on many facts and circumstances – did the “anyone” who ordered the books pay for them? Or did they cause someone else to incur a bill for the cost of the books? Or were they attempting to defraud a merchant or service, such as signing up for a “book of the month” club in someone else’s name?
Question: In short, any time someone attempts to either avoid paying for something by incurring the charge in someone else’s name, it is most likely an act of fraud, and illegal.
