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Fraud is fraud, regardless of whether or not you're stealing securities, magical internet money, or baseball cards.

Certain types of fraud are still likely to garner more attention, particularly when there's a dedicated law enforcement organization tasked with it.

Aaand front page of HN, the very next day:

The SEC has already prosecuted a few Bitcoin-related fraud cases even though they don't regulate Bitcoin itself.

securities are property and property theft is a crime. even before this ruling, coins were treated as property.