It seems that since if there is no specific law for every possible crime you don't consider these acts a crime. Most specific acts are not themselves covered under a seperate law. How many different types of murder exisit? Yet somehow the law seems to prosecute people for these acts under the general laws concerning murder. The general law of fraud seems to cover shilling since there are many cases being prosecuted for it.

There is more involved in many of these cases? You bet. Other more grave offenses often involved other crimes which are used to prosecute a more important offense. I doubt the higher authorities would bother with small time shills. The courts would be over flowing. The point is these minor cases could be prosecuted on their own. Back to the point that shill bidding is illegal. It's fraud. The courts are prosecuting it as fraud with or without other charges.

There is the spirit and intent with the law.

Tom