Its contracts were thus all technically unenforceable, frauds for which the statute of limitations has long since expired.

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Prosecutors indicted Swartz for violating Section 1030 of the Computer Frauds and Abuse Act, the anti-hacking statute, related to unauthorized accessing of a computer and obtaining information therefrom.

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Currently, the statute does not reach frauds involving options or futures, which include some of the derivatives and other financial products that were part of the financial collapse.

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