Whether the wire-fraud statutes criminalize a deceptive statement that induces an ordinary commercial contract that the party who made the statement intends to fulfill, and whether the specific intent for wire fraud can be shown by evidence of a few failed contracts in an otherwise successful business

are 1. Whether the wire-fraud statutes criminalize a deceptive statement that induces an ordinary commercial contract that the party who made the statement intends to fulfill . 2. Whether the specific intent necessary to prove charge s of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and 1349 can be shown by evidence that a handful of contracts entered into by an ongoing business failed while the vast majority of the business’s contracts were fulfilled .