Would an exaggeration about how much a person weighs or how tall or short a person is be sufficient for prosecution? What the heck would the guidelines be? Lying, in and of itself, is not generally considered to be a crime. People tell lies all the time.
Seems clear to me.
Lying on line *with malicious intent to inflict harm via fraudulent means* with resultant actual harm inflicted is not a thought crime. It is, and a jury agreed, an actual crime.
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