Guity of the same thing as the victims, fraud. .
1
a
: DECEIT, TRICKERY
specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right
was accused of credit card fraud
b
: an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : TRICK
automobile insurance frauds
2
a
: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be : IMPOSTOR
He claimed to be a licensed psychologist, but he turned out to be a fraud.
also : one who defrauds : CHEAT
b
: one that is not what it seems or is represented to be
The UFO picture was proved to be a fraud.