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Marriage-as-Prostitution

The Onion does a brilliant job with a commonly-debated issue: What is prostitution?  Housewife Charged In Sex-For-Security ScamAKRON, OH?Area resident Helen Crandall, 44, was arrested by Akron police Sunday, charged with conducting an elaborate "sex for security" scam in which she allegedly defrauded husband Russell Crandall out of nearly $230,000 in cash, food, clothing and housing over the past 19 years using periodic offers of sexual intercourse. "It's the biggest scam of its kind I've ever seen," Akron police chief Thomas Agee said. "We're talking coats, dishwashers, jewelry, sewing machines, bathroom cleansers?you name it." According to Agee, undercover agents spotted Crandall's husband handing her $50 in cash at approximately 4 p.m., just 30 minutes after the two had sex...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on April 25, 2009 (boomark / email).