Key legal question
Whether the convictions for fraud were lawful
Extracted holding
The fraud convictions were upheld because the appellants astutely misled the victims by concealing the sale of the business asset and inducing them to sign an unfavorable amendment.
Extracted reasoning
The victims trusted the parties, the concealment was an active deceptive act, the victims would not have signed had they known the truth, and the amendment exposed them to a real patrimonial risk and loss.